Glenbrook area

To get to the Glenbrook area of Blue Mountains National Park:

From Sydney:

• Take the M4 Motorway then Great Western Highway
• At Glenbrook, turn left onto Ross Street and continue past the shops to the end
• Turn left onto Burfitt Parade, which becomes Bruce Road and leads to the national park entrance.

From Katoomba:

• Take the Great Western Highway east towards Sydney
• At Glenbrook, turn right onto Ross Street and continue past the shops to the end
• Turn left onto Burfitt Parade, which becomes Bruce Road and leads to the national park entrance.

Parking

• Jellybean track See on map
• Nepean lookout See on map

Road quality and access restrictions

• Park gates are closed and locked at night.
• The road crossing at the causeway may be closed after rain, so check park closure alerts on this website.
• Vehicle length restrictions exist for buses travelling over the causeway at Glenbrook and Murphys Glen. Restrictions are 7m for a fixed length bus or 10m combined length. For example, a bus with a trailer.

• Mixture of sealed and unsealed roads

By public transport

Trains run from Sydney Central Station to Glenbrook Station. It’s a 1.5km walk from the station to the park entrance. Visit Transport for NSW to plan your trip.

The Glenbrook area offers plenty of things to do and see all year round.

Autumn

Enjoy a gentle stroll or get your heart pumping on a hike, trail run or mountain bike ride. May is prime time to see flocks of migrating red wattlebirds, honeyeaters and noisy friarbirds around Tunnel View lookout. After rain, you might also see colourful fungi around damp creek beds.

Spring

As the weather warms, wildflowers bloom attracting birds (and photographers). Nepean lookout is a bird watcher’s paradise where you can spot silvereyes, thornbills, pardalotes, or peep-wrens. Across the heath and in the woodland you'll see pink boronias, white flannel flowers, waratahs, grass trees and the creamy spikes of woody pears. Orchids are at their best in October. If you’re lucky, you might see a purple fringe lilly which flowers only for a day.

Summer

Escape the city for a relaxing picnic. If it’s safe, swim or lilo Glenbrook area’s serene natural pools. You might see azure kingfishers and peregrine falcons around Jellybean Pool. Clear your head on a bushwalk. Nepean River walking track heads through a narrow, shady canyon, where the sheer walls create a rainforest hothouse for ferns, towering lilli pilli and coachwood.

Winter

Winter doesn’t have to mean staying in. Enjoy cool climate camping at Euroka or Murphys Glen campground. There are plenty of brisk walks and mountain bike trails nearby to warm you up, or sign up for a professional run or ride along Woodford-Oaks trail. After an active day, cook up a feast around the campfire as the night sky fills with stars. Keep an eye out for the local nightlife at Murphys Glen — you might spot possums, sugar gliders and bats.

Toilets

• Euroka campground
• Glenbrook Gorge track
• Jellybean track
• Murphys Glen campground

Picnic tables

• Euroka campground

Barbecue facilities

• Euroka campground
• Murphys Glen campground

Drinking water

• Jellybean track

• Glenbrook area factsheet
• Glenbrook area map (6.7MB pdf)

$8 per vehicle per day applies at the Bruce Road entrance to the Glenbrook area. You can also pay for your visit via the Park’nPay app.

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