Carrington Park to Bridal Veil Lookout return
Download & Print Map and Notes30 mins
69 m
Moderate track
Carrington Park
(0km) Carrington Park → Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Echo Tree Lookout track
260 m
6 mins
2m
-25m
Moderate track
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Leura Cascades 1km’ sign down the wooden steps and along the bush track, winding through the forest until coming to the signposted intersection of the ‘Leura Forest’ Track.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Leura Cascades’ sign along the well-defined bush track, winding through the bush to the signposted intersection of the Echo Tree track at the bottom of the short set of stairs.
(0.26km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Echo Tree Lookout track → Echo Tree Lookout
20 m
1 mins
0m
-10m
Moderate track
(0.26km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Echo Tree Lookout track → Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk
20 m
1 mins
3m
0m
Easy track
Solitary Kiosk and Restaurant
(0.28km) Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk → Fossil Rock
80 m
2 mins
3m
-16m
Moderate track
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the Leura Cascades sign down the wooden steps and along the short bush track to Fossil Rock Lookout.
Fossil Rock
(0.35km) Fossil Rock → Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Copelands Lookout Track
40 m
1 mins
0m
-5m
Moderate track
(0.39km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Copelands Lookout Track → Copelands Lookout
170 m
4 mins
2m
-31m
Moderate track
Copelands Lookout
(0.39km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Copelands Lookout Track → Bridal Veil Lookout
60 m
1 mins
1m
-14m
Moderate track
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’ sign along the bush track, heading down the gentle hill through the bush. The walk steps up onto a rock shelf, following it for a short distance before coming to the signposted ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’.
Bridal Veil Lookout
Maps for the Carrington Park to Bridal Veil Lookout return walk
You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Six Foot Track | 1:50 000 Map Series | Six Foot Track | NSW-six-foot-track |
Katoomba | 1:25 000 Map Series | 89301S KATOOMBA | NSW-89301S |
Katoomba | 1:100 000 Map Series | 8930 KATOOMBA | 8930 |
Cross sectional view of the Carrington Park to Bridal Veil Lookout return bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Carrington Park to Bridal Veil Lookout return
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
Length | 892 m | ||
Time | 30 mins | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Short steep hills (3/6) |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) | ||
Signs | Directional signs along the way (3/6) | ||
Experience Required | Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6) | ||
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) | ||
Infrastructure | Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
350m of this walk has gentle hills with occasional steps and another 80m is flat with no steps. The remaining (25m) has short steep hills.
Quality of track
Around 410m of this walk follows a clear and well formed track or trail, whilst the remaining 35m follows a smooth and hardened path.
Signs
Around 410m of this walk is clearly signposted, whilst the remaining 40m has directional signs at most intersection.
Experience Required
Around 420m of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 25m requires some bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 450m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
Around 250m of this walk is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats), whilst the remaining 200m has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Carrington Park to Bridal Veil Lookout return walk starts and ends at the Carrington Park (gps: -33.720233, 150.31744)Your transport options to Carrington Park are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
Fire Danger
Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.Weather Forest
This walk starts in the Central Tablelands weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/cptbvlr
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂
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