Copelands Lookout is at the end of a small ridge between Leura Falls Creek and Linda Creek, and accessed via a signposted path off the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. The lookout provides sweeping views over the Jamison Valley past Sublime Point and out to the Kings Tableland escarpment.
Directly ahead and in the middle of Jamison Valley is Mount Solitary.
The walled lookout itself is infrequently visited, despite offering some great views, and has a slightly neglected feel.
Copelands Lookout is named after William Raeburn Copeland (1855-1928), who built a number of stone residences in Katoomba Street and the presbytery of St Canice’s Church – and claimed his son was the first white child born in Leura. In 1897 he opened the first shop in Katoomba street, a general store and timberyard. The Mountaineer in 1898 referred to this lookout as Copelands Views, and a photo from the lookout is included in the Tyrrell Photographic Collection.
Getting to Copelands Lookout
Copelands Lookout is reached by a side-track off the Prince Henry Cliff Walk, a short walk from the trailhead on Cliff Drive at Katoomba (opposite the old Solitary Restaurant). It’s about an 0.8km return bushwalk from Cliff Drive, or a 0.4km side-trip off the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. Nearby is Fossil Rock, another lookout offering a similar outlook.
The start of the walk is about 1.4km from Katoomba station, and 2.9km from Leura.
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