Although not the largest of the four waterfalls along the Empire Pass, Dantes Glen Falls is (arguably) the most picturesque… the wide waterfall drops into a shallow pool within a small, shaded grotto. As with all the North Lawson waterfalls, it’s most impressive after heavy rain, and can be just a trickle of water during dry periods.
There was once a deep pool at the base of Dantes Glen Falls, but like many other waterfalls in the Blue Mountains it has gradually filled with silt and is now only a foot or so deep.
The waterfall is thought to have been named by Dr Charles Badham, an English classical philologist, textual critic, headmaster, and university professor who left England in 1867 to take up the professorship of classics and logic in Sydney University. They were previously called Christabel Falls.
A ramble may be made to Dante’s Glen and Waterfall, the surroundings of which are suggestive of some of the finest passages in the great work of the Italian poet, and furnish countless subjects for the artist’s pencil.
On the Blue Mountains in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 Mar 1890
Getting to Dantes Glen Falls
The short walk to Dantes Glen and Dantes Glen Falls starts from North Lawson Park, and is about 1km return – or you can do a 4km loop which passes two more waterfalls. You can also stop at Dantes Glen Falls along the longer Empire Pass Loop. North Lawson Park is 1.3km walk or drive from Lawson station.
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