Orphan Rock
Orphan Rock is a cliff in City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Orphan Rock is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Furber Lookout, as well as near Queen Victoria Lookout.Photo: Phil Whitehouse, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scenic World and Katoomba Falls.
Scenic World
Scenic World is a family-owned tourist attraction located in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, about 100 kilometres west of Sydney. Scenic World is situated 140 metres northwest of Orphan Rock.Katoomba Falls
Waterfall
The Katoomba Falls is a segmented waterfall that is located close to Echo Point near Katoomba on the Kedumba River descending into the Jamison Valley located within the Blue Mountains National Park in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Duke and Duchess of York Lookout
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Chris.sherlock2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duke and Duchess of York Lookout is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 350 metres northeast of Orphan Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Echo Point and Katoomba.
Echo Point
Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Echo Point is a lookout about 2 kilometres south of Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. It attracts an estimated 1.5–2 million visitors each year. The lookout offers a view to Three Sisters, Mount Solitary and the rock formation known as the Ruined Castle.
Katoomba
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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.
Leura
Leura is a small picturesque town in the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales, some 100 km west of Sydney CBD and situated at an elevation of 985 m above sea level.
Orphan Rock
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.73° or 33° 43′ 48″ southLongitude
150.30211° or 150° 18′ 8″ eastOpen location code
4RRG7892+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 265561635OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffWikidata ID
Q16509804
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In Other Languages
“Orphan Rock” goes by many names.
- French: “Orphan Rock”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Furber Lookout and Queen Victoria Lookout.
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