Glow Worm Tunnel Road
The main forest road across the Newnes Plateau, from Lithgow to the Glow Worm Tunnel carpark, through pine plantation, native forest and pagoda country.
Blue Mountains motorbike and trail bike rides
Sealed mountain roads and legal forest riding for registered trail and adventure bikes, with route maps, the rules for each area and offline GPX.
Two kinds of riding here. On the bitumen, Bells Line of Road and the run down into the Megalong Valley are the classics. On the dirt, the State forests around Lithgow have hundreds of kilometres of forest roads open to registered bikes.
The rule that matters: in NSW State forests and national parks you need a registered bike and a licence, and you must stay on formed roads and trails. There is no legal unregistered riding on public land in the Blue Mountains.
Ben Bullen Trail
A proper 4WD trail along the Great Dividing Range through Ben Bullen State Forest into Gardens of Stone National Park, ending near Baal Bone Gap.
Oberon-Colong Historic Stock Route
A 4WD touring route south from Oberon along a 19th-century stock route through Kanangra-Boyd and Blue Mountains national parks to Mount Werong.
Newnes State Forest
The Newnes Plateau above Lithgow is the best-known trail-riding country near Sydney: a web of sandy forest roads through pine and native forest.
Sunny Corner State Forest
Pine forest riding between Lithgow and Bathurst, with a big network of forest roads around the old mining village of Sunny Corner.
Bells Line of Road
The other road over the Mountains: a sealed ridge-top run from Richmond to Lithgow through apple orchards, botanic garden and sandstone cuttings.
Megalong Valley Road
A tight, shaded descent from Blackheath through rainforest hairpins into the open farmland of the Megalong Valley.
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Common questions
Where can I legally ride a dirt bike near the Blue Mountains?
On formed roads in State forests such as Newnes and Sunny Corner, with a registered bike and a rider licence. Unregistered and recreational-registration bikes are not permitted.
Can I ride a motorbike in Blue Mountains National Park?
Only on public roads open to vehicles, with a registered bike. Walking tracks, fire trails behind locked gates and management trails are off limits.
What is the best road ride?
The loop out along Bells Line of Road to Lithgow and back down the Great Western Highway, with a detour down Megalong Valley Road.