Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains, immediately to the west of the sprawling metropolitan area of Sydney, constitute one of the most accessible areas of relatively unspoilt natural highland beauty in New South Wales.Popular Destinations
Blue Mountains National Park
The Blue Mountains National Park is a large, World Heritage-listed national park occupying much of the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.Katoomba
Katoomba is the largest and best-known town in the Blue Mountains, around 100 km west of Sydney and 1,017 m above sea level. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.Jenolan Caves
The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.Blackheath
Blackheath is a small town located between Medlow Bath and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains. Photo: 2mthswinter, CC BY-SA 4.0.Destinations
Oberon
Oberon is a small town in the western falls of the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales. Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.Leura
Leura is a small picturesque town in the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located some 100 km from central Sydney and situated at an altitude of 985 m above sea level. Photo: elephass, CC BY 2.0.Kanangra Boyd National Park
Kanangra Boyd National Park is in the Australian state of New South Wales some 180 km west of Sydney and adjacent to Jenolan Caves. Photo: Dhx1, CC0.Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls is a small town within the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park in Australia. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.Springwood
Springwood is a town about halfway up the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Bwalker2777, CC BY-SA 4.0.Mount Victoria
Mount Victoria is a small township in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.Medlow Bath
Medlow Bath is a small town in the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales. Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.Lawson
Lawson is a town in the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Clytemnestra, CC BY 3.0.Glenbrook
Glenbrook is a suburb of the Lower Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.Blue Mountains
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- Latitude of center: -33.7133° or 33° 42' 47.9" south
- Longitude of center: 150.3307° or 150° 19' 50.3" east
- Elevation: 978 meters (3209 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 6615604
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Blue Mountains
- Arabic: الجبال الزرقاء
- Aragonese: Monts Azuls
- Armenian: Երկնագույն լեռներ
- Basque: Mendi Urdinak (Australia)
- Belarusian: Блакітныя горы
- Catalan: Muntanyes Blaves d'Austràlia
- Chinese: 蓝山
- Chinese: 藍山
- Croatian: Modre planine
- Czech: Modré hory
- Danish: Blue Mountains
- Dutch: Blue Mountains
- Esperanto: Blua Montaro
- Finnish: Blue Mountains
- French: Montagnes Bleues
- Georgian: ცისფერი მთები
- German: Blue Mountains
- Greek: Γαλάζια Βουνά
- Hebrew: ההרים הכחולים
- Hungarian: Kék-hegység
- Indonesian: Blue Mountains
- Italian: Blue Mountains
- Japanese: ブルーマウンテン山脈 (オーストラリア)
- Korean: 블루마운틴스
- Lithuanian: Žydrieji kalnai
- Norwegian Bokmål: Blue Mountains
- Persian: کوههای آبی
- Polish: Góry Błękitne
- Portuguese: Montanhas Azuis
- Romanian: Blue Mountains
- Russian: Голубые горы
- Serbo-Croatian: Modre planine
- Slovak: Modré vrchy
- Spanish: Montañas Azules
- Swahili: Milima ya Buluu
- Swedish: Blue Mountains
- Tamil: நீல மலைகள்
- Ukrainian: Блакитні гори
- Vietnamese: Dãy núi Blue
- Western Armenian: Կապոյտ Լեռներ
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. - Paul Theroux
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