Carrington Park to BurraBarroo Lookout
Download & Print Map and Notes30 mins
52 m
Moderate track
Carrington Park
(0km) Carrington Park → Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Burrabarroo Lookout Tracks
240 m
7 mins
8m
-36m
Easy track
Turn right: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Skyway’ sign along the track heading through the forest, steadily winding down a long and gentle hill. Soon, the walk comes to the top of a set of wooden steps, which it follows down to the signposted intersection of the ‘Burrabarroo Lookout’ track.
(0.24km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Burrabarroo Lookout Tracks → Burrabarroo Lookout
50 m
1 mins
0m
-8m
Moderate track
Burrabarroo Lookout
Maps for the Carrington Park to BurraBarroo Lookout 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 BurraBarroo Lookout bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Carrington Park to BurraBarroo Lookout
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 | 582 m | ||
Time | 30 mins | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6) |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) | ||
Signs | Clearly signposted (1/6) | ||
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
This whole walk, 290m has gentle hills with occasional steps.
Quality of track
Around 260m of this walk follows a clear and well formed track or trail, whilst the remaining 35m follows a smooth and hardened path.
Signs
This whole walk, 290m is clearly signposted.
Experience Required
Around 240m of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 50m requires some bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 290m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
Around 240m of this walk is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats), whilst the remaining 50m 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 BurraBarroo Lookout 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/cptbl
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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