Scenic Railway to Leura Forest
Download & Print Map and Notes4 hrs 30 mins
622 m
Moderate track
Scenic World
(0km) Scenic World → Scenic Railway (Bottom Platform)
300 m
26 mins
8m
-210m
Very easy
(0.3km) Scenic Railway (Bottom Platform) → Int of Furber Steps and Scenic Railway Track
170 m
4 mins
15m
-10m
Easy track
(0.47km) Int of Furber Steps and Scenic Railway Track → Cooks Crossing
170 m
5 mins
12m
-21m
Easy track
(0.64km) Cooks Crossing → Int of Federal Pass, Scenic Railway and Dardenelles Tracks
1.7 km
52 mins
169m
-179m
Moderate track
(2.36km) Int of Federal Pass, Scenic Railway and Dardenelles Tracks → Leura Forest (Int of Federal Pass and Dardenelles Tracks)
1.3 km
36 mins
99m
-117m
Moderate track
Leura Forest
Maps for the Scenic Railway to Leura Forest 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 Scenic Railway to Leura Forest bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Scenic Railway to Leura Forest
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 | 6.7 km | ||
Time | 4 hrs 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 | Clearly signposted (1/6) | ||
Experience Required | No experience required (1/6) | ||
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) | ||
Infrastructure | Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
3km of this walk has short steep hills and another 340m has gentle hills with occasional steps. The remaining (300m) is flat with no steps.
Quality of track
Around 3.3km of this walk follows a clear and well formed track or trail, whilst the remaining 300m follows a smooth and hardened path.
Signs
This whole walk, 3.6km is clearly signposted.
Experience Required
This whole walk, 3.6km requires no previous bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 3.6km is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
This whole walk, 3.6km is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Scenic Railway to Leura Forest walk starts and ends at the Scenic World (gps: -33.728585, 150.30095)Your transport options to Scenic World 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/srtlf
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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