A collection of the most beautiful lookout points in the Blue Mountains, including maps, photos, and insider tips.
From popular viewpoints to hidden clifftop spots, you’ll find lookouts for all interests and experience levels. Browse through these lookouts to help plan your next visit to the Blue Mountains.
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For a long time, taking in the beauty of the Blue Mountains often meant navigating stairs and rocky paths, making many of the best views difficult to access if you were pushing a pram or using a wheelchair.
Fortunately, thanks to significant upgrades by National Parks and the council, plenty of paths and lookouts have been transformed. With newly sealed boardwalks, gentle gradients, and purpose-built viewing platforms, many of the area’s most iconic sights are now fully accessible.
Katoomba is the largest and most popular town in the Blue Mountains, and home to some of the most impressive lookouts in New South Wales.
The views from those lookouts stretch across vast valleys and sandstone escarpments that have been drawing visitors for well over a century.
Bridal Veil View is a quiet, somewhat isolated vantage point in Leura that offers scenic views of Bridal Veil Falls.
True to its name, this beautiful waterfall cascades down the cliff face in a way that closely resembles a bridal veil.
The lookout is reached via a combination of the Tarpeian Rock Access Walk and the Bridal Veil View Track, with the walk beginning from Cliff Drive.
Princes Rock Lookout is a quiet vantage point in Wentworth Falls that offers sweeping views of the waterfall and the Jamison Valley.
A short bushwalk starting from Sir H Burrell Drive leads to the lookout, with plenty of other tracks and viewpoints nearby if you want to make a day of it.
Leura is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Blue Mountains, home to several easy-to-reach lookouts offering panoramic views across the Jamison Valley.
Many of these lookouts are located close to the village or with street parking nearby, making them easy to visit without having to do a long bushwalk.
The Glenbrook area in the Lower Blue Mountains is home to plenty of excellent bushwalking tracks, swimming spots, and, above all, lookouts.
These vantage points are spread across national park and bushland areas, and most can be reached via short walks from nearby car parks.
Wentworth Falls is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Blue Mountains, home to some of the most accessible and impressive lookouts in the region.
Many of these vantage points sit right on the edge of the cliff line, offering sweeping views across the Jamison Valley and the famous waterfall. Some are just a short walk from the car park, while others are reached via popular walking tracks.
Blackheath is home to some of the most impressive lookouts in the Blue Mountains, with panoramic views over the Grose Valley and the Megalong Valley.
Many of these lookouts are easy to reach and are located close to walking tracks and picnic areas. From well-known lookouts to more isolated vantage points, the area offers a good mix of scenery and solitude.
Landslide Lookout is a quiet vantage point in the Katoomba area of the Blue Mountains, offering scenic views over the Jamison Valley.
A short bushwalk from Cliff Drive leads to this lookout, which was named after a series of landslides in 1931 that permanently reshaped the cliff face.
Nepean Lookout is a quiet vantage point in the Glenbrook area of the Blue Mountains, offering scenic views across the Nepean River gorge.
A short bushwalk along a fire trail from the Jack Evans car park leads to the lookout, with several other walks and lookouts nearby if you’re planning to make a day of it.
Elysian Rock is a scenic lookout in the Leura area of the Blue Mountains, offering sweeping views over the Jamison Valley.
It can be reached via a short walking trail, and with several other lookouts and walks close by, it’s easy to spend a few enjoyable hours exploring this part of Leura.
Faulconbridge Point is a lookout in the Lower Grose Valley that offers panoramic views of the Grose River and the surrounding mountains.
The lookout sits at the end of the Faulconbridge Ridge Trail, a 6.5 kilometre track that is popular with both bushwalkers and mountain bikers.
Lincoln’s Rock is a panoramic lookout in the Wentworth Falls area of the Blue Mountains, offering wide-reaching views over the Jamison Valley and beyond.
The views are impressive at any time of day, but sunset is a great time to visit as the colours of the valley and cliff walls begin to change.
Bluff Reserve is a pocket of bushland located just north of the Blue Mountains railway track in the suburbs of Glenbrook and Lapstone.
In the reserve, visitors can follow a short bushwalking trail that passes three scenic lookouts: Chalmers, Bluff, and Lapstone Tramway Lookout.
Perrys Lookdown is a quiet vantage point in the Blackheath area of the Blue Mountains, offering scenic views over the Grose Valley.
From the lookout, visitors can follow a short but steep walking track that leads down to the Blue Gum Forest and the Grose River.
