Glenbrook and Euroka Circuit
Download & Print Map and Notes2 Days
790 m
Experienced only
Glenbrook
(0km) Glenbrook Station → End of Station St
580 m
10 mins
16m
-9m
Moderate track
(0.58km) End of Station St → Station St mngt trail
650 m
12 mins
6m
-16m
Easy track
(1.23km) Station St mngt trail → Glenbrook Creek Beach
430 m
17 mins
7m
-102m
Hard track
Glenbrook Creek Sandbar
(1.66km) Glenbrook Creek Beach → Int. Blue Pool and Glenbrook Gorge trks
1 km
26 mins
68m
-72m
Hard track
(2.69km) Int. Blue Pool and Glenbrook Gorge trks → Blue Pool
70 m
1 mins
2m
-2m
Hard track
Blue Pool
(2.69km) Int. Blue Pool and Glenbrook Gorge trks → Int. Bruce Rd and Bruce Rd access trk
210 m
7 mins
24m
-18m
Hard track
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk heads across the hillside tending left to a ‘Blue Pool’ sign at a corner in a road.
(2.9km) Int. Bruce Rd and Bruce Rd access trk → Eastern side of Causeway
230 m
5 mins
5m
-13m
Moderate track
Glenbrook causeway
(3.13km) Eastern side of Causeway → Campfire Creek sign side of Causeway
10 m
1m
0m
Moderate track
(3.15km) Campfire Creek sign side of Causeway → Red Hands Cave
3.1 km
1 hr 12 mins
208m
-92m
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Red Hands Cave’ sign, keeping the creek to the right. The track winds and undulates, soon coming to a rock platform which crosses a creek (with the gully on the left). Here, the walk continues along the lower track, not heading up the rock steps. The track continues along the hillside and comes to a sign titled ‘Neighbours’.
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk heads across the small bridge and up the track. The walk soon passes over another small wooden bridge and then continues through the bush, with the creek on the right. Winding for a short time, the track comes to an un-signposted intersection.
Turn left: From the intersection, the walk heads up the hill, winding above the creek (on the right). The track follows the hillside for quite some time, passing near the creek in places, before coming to a ‘Glenbrook Causeway’ sign.
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Red Hands Cave’ sign down across the creek. The track leads over a small rise across another smaller creek, then follows the hillside for a short while, passing a bench seat and then a small log bridge. The track then starts tending left, heading up to a rocky outcrop where the walk arrives at the metal verandah of Red Hands Cave.
Red Hands Cave
(6.21km) Red Hands Cave → Red Hands Cave car park
500 m
12 mins
41m
-10m
Moderate track
Red Hands Cave Picnic Area
(6.71km) Red Hands Cave car park → Axe Grinding Grooves
2.1 km
44 mins
42m
-161m
Moderate track
Turn left: From the creek intersection, the walk follows the ‘Glenbrook Causeway’ sign, keeping the water on the left. The track continues up to a rock overhang from where it heads down the hill, coming near the creek again. The track follows the creek to a junction with another creek. To the left is a large sandstone area and approximately 10m along the track is a sign explaining the grooves in the sandstone.
Axe Grinding Grooves
(8.8km) Axe Grinding Grooves → The Ironbark Picnic Area
970 m
19 mins
90m
-6m
Experienced only
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the wide track south, gently down the hill as it bends to the left. The track then heads down the hill a bit more steeply, and crosses a gully before gently climbing the other side. Not far after the gully, the track comes to an un-signposted intersection with the Ironbark access track, on the left.
Turn left : From the intersection, the walk follows the narrower track east towards the road. The track opens up at the car park, and the walk crosses the road to the Ironbark picnic area.
Ironbark Picnic Area
(9.76km) The Ironbark Picnic Area → Nioka Campsite
1.3 km
25 mins
4m
-94m
Moderate track
Euroka Campground – Red Gum
Euroka Campground – Nioka
(11.07km) Nioka Campsite → Top of Darug campsite car park
240 m
5 mins
4m
-4m
Easy track
Continue straight: From the signposts, the walk follows the ‘Daruk’[2] arrow along the flat dirt road, keeping the hill up to the left. After passing the garbage bins, the trail crosses a small creek and comes to an intersection with a bush track on the left, just before the signposted ‘Darug’ campsite.
Euroka Campground – Darug
End of day 1
(11.31km) Top of Darug campsite car park → Int. Euroka Trk and The Oaks Fire Trail
2.3 km
51 mins
111m
-103m
Hard track
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk heads north, following neither of the arrows on the sign. The track soon comes to Mount Portal Trail, just next to the intersection with Euroka Road.
Veer right: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘The Causeway’ sign, along the bush track. The track tends right into the low grassy bush. As the track continues down the hill, the grass gives way to wattle bush covering the gully. The track leads down many stairs then crosses a creek or two before winding along the hillside. The track then continues down into the gully to pass a fading track, on the left, then winds through to a hairpin corner on the road, marked by a ‘Euroka Track’ sign (pointing back the way you came).
(13.62km) Int. Euroka Trk and The Oaks Fire Trail → Eastern side of Causeway
230 m
5 mins
0m
-28m
Moderate track
Veer right: From the southern side of the causeway, the walk heads across the causeway to the road, next to the fenced, paved area. The causeway may be impassable after rain.
(13.85km) Eastern side of Causeway → Jelly Bean Pool
320 m
6 mins
5m
-6m
Hard track
Jellybean Pool
(14.17km) Jelly Bean Pool → Int. Gorge Walking and Jelly Bean Pool Trk
600 m
14 mins
32m
-38m
Hard track
Glenbrook Gorge
(14.77km) Int. Gorge Walking and Jelly Bean Pool Trk → Glenbrook Information Centre car park
560 m
18 mins
91m
-2m
Hard track
NPWS Glenbrook Information Centre
(15.33km) Glenbrook Information Centre car park → Glenbrook Station
1.3 km
23 mins
35m
-13m
Moderate track
Maps for the Glenbrook and Euroka Circuit 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.
Penrith | 1:25 000 Map Series | 90303N PENRITH | NSW-90303N |
Penrith | 1:100 000 Map Series | 9030 PENRITH | 9030 |
Cross sectional view of the Glenbrook and Euroka Circuit bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Glenbrook and Euroka Circuit
Daily actual walking time estimates
Day | Walking Time | Length |
---|---|---|
1 | 4 hrs 15 mins | 11.4 km |
2 | 1 hr 57 mins | 5.3 km |
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 | 16.6 km | ||
Time | 2 Days | ||
. | |||
Grade 5/6 Experienced only |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Very steep (4/6) |
Quality of track | Rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely (4/6) | ||
Signs | No directional signs (5/6) | ||
Experience Required | Moderate level of bushwalking experience recommended (4/6) | ||
Weather | Storms may impact on navigation and safety (3/6) | ||
Infrastructure | No facilities provided (5/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
9km of this walk has short steep hills and another 5km is very steep. Whilst another 2.2km has gentle hills with occasional steps and the remaining 25m is flat with no steps.
Quality of track
9km of this walk follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles and another 3.1km follows a rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely. Whilst another 2.9km follows a smooth and hardened path and the remaining 2km follows a clear and well formed track or trail.
Signs
9km of this walk has directional signs at most intersection and another 4.5km is clearly signposted. Whilst another 2km has minimal directional signs and the remaining 710m Has no directional signs.
Experience Required
13km of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience and another 2.3km requires some bushwalking experience. The remaining (1km) requires a leader a with moderate level of bushwalking experience.
weather
Around 16km of this walk is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation), whilst the remaining 1.1km is affected by storms that may impact your navigation and safety.
Infrastructure
10km of this walk is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) and another 4.1km has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced). Whilst another 1.8km has limited facilities (such as cliffs not fenced, significant creeks not bridged) and the remaining 710m has no facilities provided.
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Glenbrook and Euroka Circuit walk starts and ends at the Glenbrook Station (gps: -33.76894, 150.62134)Your transport options to Glenbrook Station are by;
Train. (get details)
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/gsc
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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