The Greater Blue Mountains has some of the most spectacular waterfalls that can be found around Sydney, with many of them easily accessed – often from multiple vantage points. Spend a day around Leura or Katoomba after there’s been some decent rain and you’re guaranteed to get some spectacular photos!Â
See also waterfalls in Sydney’s north / Sydney’s south / Central Coast.
Grey Hat Falls cascades into the stunning and pristine Crayfish Pool along Kanuka Brook. The swimming hole and waterfall is reached by a short but steep walking track.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 12
- Rating: 4.5
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Walking trail and carpark on Red Hands Firetrail, Glenbrook
Happy Valley features a secluded swimming pool and waterfall in a fern-lined grotto. A signposted track descends through rainforest to the bottom of the valley.
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail, Segmented
- Total drop: 1
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Parking along Mount Irvine Road, Mount Wilson
It's hard to reach Hat Hill Falls, and even harder to see the entire waterfall, which drops into the Grose Valley.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Plunge, Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 70
- Rating: 2.5
- Ease of access: Moderate/Hard
- Along Hat Hill Creek from Godson Avenue, Blackheath
The picturesque Hilary Falls is in the upper Blue Mountains along Govetts Creek, and reached by a 10km return bushwalk.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Grand Canyon Track & Horse Track from Evans Lookout, Blackheath
Hippocrene Falls in the Blue Mountains is a fairly remote waterfall, located along Jamison Creek.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade, Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 12
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Fletcher St or Falls Road in Wentworth Falls
Horseshoe Falls drops over an horseshoe-shaped amphitheatre; the waterfall itself is fairly small, but it's an impressive natural setting
- Horseshoe Falls Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 7
- Rating: 4.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Oaklands Road, Hazelwood
Boasting the second-highest drop of all the Blue Mountains waterfalls, Horseshoe Falls plunges off the cliffs at Blackheath into the valley below. It can be seen from a few lookouts along the top of the cliff.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 100
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy
- Trail from end of Govetts Leap Road
A small waterfall along the Nature Track and Valley of the Waters Track in the Blue Mountains, Isobel Falls is best visited after some decent rain.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Easy
- Conservation Hut at end of Fletcher St, Wentworth Falls
The main falls (Junction Falls) is a pictureseque, multi-tier waterfall; there's a second smaller waterfall a short distance downstream that you can walk behind.
- South Lawson Park
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 20
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Track from Honour Avenue, Lawson
Kalang Falls is a picturesque waterfall near Kanangra Walls, reached by a short bushwalk. It's best visited after some decent rain.
- Kanangra-Boyd National Park
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 28
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Trail from Kanangra Walls carpark at end of Kanangra Walls Road
The Katoomba Cascades is a small and very easy-to-reach waterfall, between Scenic World and Echo Point. Best visited after decent rain.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Easy
- Trail from Katoomba Falls Park on Cliff Drive
The spectacular Katoomba Falls can be seen from many vantage points, including above and below the waterfall.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 150
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy
- A number of trails start from the Prince Henry Picnic Area
Lawson Cave Falls was first documented in the early 1900s before being re-discovered in 2005. The picturesque and secluded waterfall drops about nine metres into a deep pool.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Chute
- Total drop: 9
- Rating: 4.5
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Bruces Walk from Kent Street (Bullaburra) / Lawson View Parade (Wentworth Falls)
A very small cascade along Hazelbrook Creek, just above Oakland Falls.
- Horseshoe Falls Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 2
- Rating: 1
- Ease of access: Easy
- Oaklands Road, Hazelwood
A beautiful, secluded waterfall and swimming hole (after rain), Leslie Falls can only be reached via an off-track route along Lawson Ceeek.
- South Lawson Park
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 3
- Rating: 4.5
- Ease of access: Moderate
- Track from bottom of Honour Avenue, Lawson
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