The north and north-west of Sydney has many waterfalls and cascades. While some have been affected by development, many of them are protected by national parks and bushland reserves. This list of waterfalls in Sydney’s north listed include those in Garigal National Park, Ku-ring-gai Chase and Lane Cove National Park.
See also waterfalls in Sydney’s south / Blue Mountains / Central Coast.
A pair of waterfalls along Frenchs Creek in Garigal National Park, Frenchs Creek Falls is very picturesque - especially after heavy rain. It's reached by a short and partly rough walking track.
- Garigal National Park
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 15
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Walking track from end of Wanniti Road (Belrose)
Joe Crafts Waterfall on Joe Crafts Creek in Berowra is a picturesque and secluded waterfall. It's reached via a firetrail and bushwalking track.
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Start from end of Warrina St or Mary Wall Crescent (Berowra)
Kikkiya Waterfall along Shrimptons Creek is a small but picturesque tiered waterfall. It's a bit tricky to reach.
- Lane Cove National Park
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Trail from end of Christie Road (large carpark for sporting field)
Little Falls is a small cascade along Moores Creek on the Little Digger Track, which drops into a rocky waterhole.
- Moores Creek Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 2
- Rating: 1
- Ease of access: Easy
- End of Carnavon Road (East Lindfield)
Lovers Jump Falls is a small and secluded waterfall near Turramurra. It's accessed by a steep and informal track.
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Lovers Jump Creek Walk from Burns Road (near Glendale Road)
Lovetts Pool is a beautiful natural waterhole; a small waterfall drops into the natural pool. It's near the Elvina Track (at West Head).
- Ku-ring-gai Chase NP, West Head
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 1
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Elvina Track off West Head Road
Lower Gledhill Falls is a spectacular waterfall, where McCarrs Creek is forced through a narrow chute and plunges into a small pool far below.
- Ku-ring-gai Chase NP, West Head
- Type of waterfall: Chute
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Parking area at the bottom of West Head Road (near junction with McCarrs Creek Road)
The picturesque Magazine Track Waterfall consists of multiple falls and cascades, with the biggest drop just above Flat Rock Beach.
- Garigal National Park
- Type of waterfall: Plunge, Segmented
- Total drop: 18
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Walking track from end of Killarney Drive (Killarney Heights)
A hidden pool and waterfall below Manly Dam, Mermaid Pool was named after the girls who would go skinny dipping here in the evenings during the Great Depression.
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 3
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Easy
- Walking track on King St, Manly Vale
Mimosa Oval Waterfall is hidden away in Sheldon Forest. While close to suburbia, the secret waterfall feels very secluded and remote.
- Type of waterfall: Plunge
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Service trail on Mimosa Road
An unnamed waterfall in the Irrawong Reserve, the 2nd Falls is - as the name suggests0 - the 2nd waterfall upstream from the Mullet Creek Falls.
- Irrawong Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Plunge
- Total drop: 15
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Trail from Epworth Place (Warriewood) or Ingleside Road (Ingleside) to Mullet Creek Falls, then follow creek upstream.
The popular Mullet Creek Falls (or Irrawong Waterfall) is a small but very photogenic waterfall. Mullet Creek drops off a wide ledge into a large pool and swimming hole.
- Irrawong Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 4
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy
- Trail from Epworth Place (Warriewood) or Ingleside Road (Ingleside)
Said to tbe the highest waterfall in the Sydney metropolitan area, the Oxford Falls Waterfall plunges down a steep and rock churt into a narrow valley.
- Oxford Falls Regional Crown Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 25
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Oxford Falls Road near junction with Wakehurst Parkway
A series of small but photogenic cascades along Peppermint Creek, in the Twin Creeks Reserve.
- Twin Creeks Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 3
- Rating: 1
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Trail from Mitchell Crescent
Impressive after rain, the Phantom Falls along the Mueller Track in the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden tumbles about 25m over a series of ledges.
- St Ives Wildflower Garden
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 25
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Take Mueller track from Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Visitor Centre
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