The Prince Henry Cliff Walk
Download & Print Map and Notes3 hrs 30 mins
575 m
Moderate track
Scenic World
(0km) Scenic World → Int of Katoomba Kiosk Track and Prince Henry Cliff Walk
430 m
9 mins
18m
-39m
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the bush track down the gentle hill, winding down some wooden steps as the track bends around to the right. It then arrives at the signposted intersection of the ‘Prince Henry Cliff Walk’ and the track to the base of the Scenic Railway.
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Caravan Park’ sign along the bush track that winds along the side of the hill, heading through the forest to the signposted intersection of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk at the back of the park, near the Katoomba Falls Kiosk.
(0.43km) Int of Katoomba Kiosk Track and Prince Henry Cliff Walk → Katoomba Falls Kiosk
50 m
1 mins
2m
0m
Easy track
Katoomba Falls Kiosk
(0.43km) Int of Katoomba Kiosk Track and Prince Henry Cliff Walk → Int of Solitary Lookout track and Prince Henry Cliff Walk
100 m
3 mins
1m
-18m
Moderate track
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Prince Henry Cliff Walk’ signpost down the hardened footpath, winding down some wooden steps to the bottom of the hill, where it flattens out and continues through the forest for a short distance before coming to the intersection of Solitary Lookout track.
(0.53km) Int of Solitary Lookout track and Prince Henry Cliff Walk → Kedumba River lookout
60 m
3 mins
3m
-18m
Moderate track
Kedumba River lookout
(0.59km) Kedumba River lookout → Katoomba Cascades
180 m
4 mins
22m
-4m
Moderate track
Katoomba Cascades
(0.77km) Katoomba Cascades → Katoomba Falls Park
130 m
3 mins
18m
-1m
Moderate track
(0.89km) Katoomba Falls Park → Cliff View Lookout
280 m
7 mins
10m
-28m
Very easy
Continue straight: From the intersection[8], this walk follows the stenciled concrete path keeping the handrails on the right, almost immediately passing under the cables of the ‘Skyway’ cable car[9]. This walk continues for about 40m and goes up and over a gentle rise to come to a concrete platform[10] marked by the ‘Cliff View Lookout’ sign on the fence[11].
Cliff View Lookout
(1.17km) Cliff View Lookout → Wollumai Lookout
240 m
8 mins
25m
-29m
Moderate track
Wollumai Lookout
(1.41km) Wollumai Lookout → Allambie Lookout
100 m
3 mins
10m
-13m
Moderate track
Allambie Lookout
(1.51km) Allambie Lookout → Lady Darley Lookout
140 m
4 mins
19m
-11m
Moderate track
Lady Darley Lookout
(1.65km) Lady Darley Lookout → Kedumba View
200 m
8 mins
36m
-27m
Moderate track
(1.85km) Kedumba View → Echo Point
280 m
10 mins
30m
-27m
Very easy
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk heads up the concrete ramp, climbing up the gentle hill to Echo Point.
Echo Point
(2.13km) Echo Point → Echo Point Information Center
90 m
4 mins
22m
-3m
Very easy
Echo Point Information Centre
(2.22km) Echo Point Information Center → Echo Point Archway Intersection
30 m
1 mins
0m
-1m
Very easy
(2.25km) Echo Point Archway Intersection → Tallawarra Lookout
780 m
18 mins
31m
-60m
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Three Sisters 400m’ arrow[34] downhill along the concrete path, keeping the valley to the right. After about 15m the walk leads past a stone seat (on the left), with a blue tongue lizard sculpture[35]. The walk continues gently downhill for another 60m to pass another sandstone seat (on the left). From here the path winds gently downhill for another 70m to find yet another sandstone seat (on the left). The path continues downhill for another 45m to find a clear intersection marked with a large ‘Three Sisters Walk’ sign[36]. On the right is a small flat loose gravel area with two seats.
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the track winding up the hill and through the bush, away from the cliffs and the valley, for about 50m before coming to the intersection of the Lady Game track.
Turn left : From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Leura Cascades’ sign along the bush track, winding around through the bush and following the cliffs (further down the hill to the right) around the valley until coming to the intersection with the Lady Carrington Lookout track.
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Leura Cascades’ sign along the bush track which winds through the forest, gradually climbing up a long gentle hill. The track then flattens out and follows a metal fence-line to the ‘Tallawarra Lookout’ shortly after (marked on some maps as ‘Tallawalla Lookout’).
Tallawarra Lookout
(3.03km) Tallawarra Lookout → Millamurra Lookout
60 m
2 mins
6m
-3m
Moderate track
Millamurra Lookout
(3.09km) Millamurra Lookout → Int of Prince Henry Cliff and Honeymoon Lookout Tracks
390 m
10 mins
26m
-26m
Moderate track
(3.47km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Honeymoon Lookout Tracks → Lomandra Lookout
360 m
5 mins
23m
-26m
Moderate track
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the bush track heading away from the lookout, keeping the valley down the hill to the right as it winds down a set of wooden steps to the signposted Banksia Streamlet.
Continue straight: Keeping the valley down the hill to the right, the walk crosses the streamlet at the wooden bridge. The track continues up the wooden steps on the other side to the top of the hill, where the track flattens out and continues past a picnic chair and along the side of the hill to the Lomandra Lookout.
Lomandra Lookout
(3.83km) Lomandra Lookout → Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk
780 m
21 mins
57m
-47m
Moderate track
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Leura Cascades’ sign, climbing up the wooden steps and continuing along the bush track that winds through the forest, until coming to the intersection with the Carrington Park track.
Continue straight: 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.
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the short set of wooden steps up to Cliff Drive, opposite the car park behind Solitary Restaurant.
Solitary Kiosk and Restaurant
(4.61km) 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
(4.69km) Fossil Rock → Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Leura Park Track
510 m
11 mins
18m
-44m
Moderate track
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the track winding along the side of the hill, keeping the cliffs and the valley down to the right, soon coming to the signposted intersection with the track to ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’.
Turn left: Keeping the signposted ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’ track to the right, this walk follows the track winding around the top edge of the valley and down a metal staircase, continuing along a fenced, wooden footbridge and down the side of the hill via wooden and metal steps, to the sign pointing back along the ‘Prince Henrey Walk’ to ‘Echo Point’.
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the sign along the ‘Prince Henry Cliff Walk’ towards ‘Leura Cascades’, taking the higher track. The track heads along the side of the hill to come to a three-way intersection, just after passing a rock wall on the left.
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk steps up over a few rocks to keep the main rock outcrop on the left (and the valley and waterfall on the right). The track soon passes a small overhang with a bench seat, and gently winds along the side of the hill. After heading down the stairs, the track come to a ‘T’ intersection, with a handrail and a sign pointing back up to ‘Echo Point’.
(5.2km) Int of Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Leura Park Track → The Rock
380 m
7 mins
18m
-9m
Moderate track
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Prince Henry Cliff Walk To Gordon Falls’ sign up the timber steps. The walk continues along the bush track that steadily climbs to the top of the gentle hill, where it comes to an intersection with the Cliff Drive bush track.
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the bush track heading around the side of the hill, winding through the bush until it comes to the intersection of the short bush track to Cliff Drive.
Veer right: From the intersection, this walk follows the bush track winding around the valley down to the right for a short while, before coming to ‘The Rock’ lookout just off the track on the right.
The Rock
(5.58km) The Rock → Olympian Lookout
740 m
22 mins
67m
-75m
Moderate track
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Gordon Falls’ sign along the bush track, winding through the dense bush for a short while before gradually climbing up a gentle hill to the signposted intersection of the Tarpeian Rock track.
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Gordon Falls’ sign down the wooden steps and along the track. Notice the environment change to rainforest as the track winds around the valley down to the right. The walk follows the base of some tall rock overhangs, then climbs up a long set of wooden steps that continue on to rock steps, coming to ‘Olympian Rock’ lookout.
Olympian Lookout
(6.32km) Olympian Lookout → Elysian Lookout
230 m
13 mins
75m
-50m
Moderate track
Elysian Rock
(6.55km) Elysian Lookout → Corner of Olympian Parade and Lone Pine Ave
270 m
8 mins
37m
-19m
Moderate track
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk goes up the steps and into the park, and connects to the corner of Lone Pine Ave and Olympian Pde.
Maps for the The Prince Henry Cliff Walk 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 The Prince Henry Cliff Walk bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the The Prince Henry Cliff Walk
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 | 6.8 km | ||
Time | 3 hrs 30 mins | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Short steep hills (3/6) |
Quality of track | Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6) | ||
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
4.4km of this walk has gentle hills with occasional steps and another 1.5km is flat with no steps. The remaining (960m) has short steep hills.
Quality of track
3.5km of this walk follows a clear and well formed track or trail and another 2km follows a smooth and hardened path. The remaining (1.3km) follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles.
Signs
Around 4.5km of this walk is clearly signposted, whilst the remaining 2.3km has directional signs at most intersection.
Experience Required
Around 6km of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 980m requires some bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 7km is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
Around 4.8km of this walk is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats), whilst the remaining 2km has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The The Prince Henry Cliff Walk walk starts at the Scenic World (gps: -33.728585, 150.30096)Your transport options to Scenic World are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
The The Prince Henry Cliff Walk ends at the Corner of Olympian Parade and Lone Pine Ave (gps: -33.725365, 150.33191)
Your transport options to Corner of Olympian Parade and Lone Pine Ave 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/tphcw
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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