Discovering the Blue Mountains on foot
About this book
Bushwalks in the Blue Mountains
Our review notes
Tracknotes
- Level of detail
- Detailed route information
- Walk summaries
- No
- Grade system explained
- No
- Ascent/descent info
- No
- Driving directions
- No
- Review dates given
- No
- Alternate routes
- Some walks
- Interpretive info
- Plenty
Maps & photos
- Maps for walking
- Yes - reasonable detail
- Map type
- Sketch
- Map colour
- Black and White
- Map size
- Full page
- Regional map
- No
- Map comment
- Maps for each region, with a few walks sharing each map.
- Photos
- Black and White
- Photo comment
- A few photos scattered through the book, giving a good sense of the region.
List of walks in this book
| Walk Name | Length | Time | Grade | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Pass Circuit | 6 km | 3 hrs | Medium | 18 |
| The shortcut | 1 km | 20 mins | Easy | 22 |
| Picnic area - top of falls | 1.8 km | 45 mins | Easy | 23 |
| Picnic area - base of upper falls | 2.5 km | 1 hr 30 mins | Medium | 24 |
| Princes Rock lookout | 1 km | 20 mins | Easy | 25 |
| Princes Rock - Den Fenella Circuit | 2.2 km | 1 Hr | Easy | 26 |
| Den Fenella | 1.8 km | 45 mins | Easy to medium | 28 |
| Rocket Point Circuit | 2.6 km | 55 mins | Easy | 29 |
| Heath Circuit | 4.3 km | 1 hr 24 mins | Medium | 30 |
| Darwin's Walk | 2.6 km | 1 Hr | Easy | 31 |
| Overcliff - Undercliff Circuit | 5 km | 2 hrs 30 mins | Easy to medium | 33 |
| Wentworth Pass Cuicuit | 7 km | 3 hrs 30 mins | Medium to hard | 35 |
| Valley of the waters | 3 km | 1 hr 30 mins | Medium | 37 |
| Nature track | 3 km | 2 hrs | Medium | 39 |
| Leura cascades - Round walk | 800 m | 30 mins | Easy | 43 |
| Leura cascades - Cliff walk (west) - echopoint | 6.5 km | 2 hrs 30 mins | Easy | 44 |
| Leura cascades - Cliff walk (west) copelands | 1.2 km | 50 mins | Easy | 44 |
| Leura cascades - Leura forest - Giant stairway circuit | 7 km | 3 hrs | Medium to hard | 48 |
| Leura cascades - Cliff walk - gordon falls park | 3.8 km | 1 hr 45 mins | Easy to medium | 51 |
| Pool of Siloam - Lyrebird Dell Circuit | 1.7 km | 45 mins | Easy to medium | 54 |
| Echo point - Federal pass - Scenic railway - cliff walk | 5.4 km | 2 hrs 30 mins | Easy to medium | 58 |
| Echo point - three sisters | 1 km | 30 mins | Easy | 61 |
| Echo point - Cliff walk - Burralaroo Lookout | 4.4 km | 1 hr 36 mins | Easy | 62 |
| Echo point - cliff walk - Katoomba cascades | 3 km | 1 hr 30 mins | Easy | 63 |
| Katoomba falls - witched Leap - round walk | 1 km | 30 mins | Easy | 65 |
| Furber steps - Scenic railway circuit | 2 km | 1 Hr | Easy to medium | 66 |
| Scenic Railway - federal pass - leura forest | 7.4 km | 2 hrs 45 mins | Medium | 68 |
| Scenic railway - Giant landslide | 3.2 km | 1 hr 30 mins | Medium | 70 |
| Scenic railway - Goldern stairs circuit | 7 km | 3 hrs | Medium to hard | 73 |
| Scenic railway ruined castle | 13 km | 4 hrs 30 mins | Medium to hard | 75 |
| Goldern stairs ruined castle | 8 km | 4 hrs | Medium to hard | 76 |