Grand Canyon Track
A historic loop that drops off the plateau into a fern-filled slot canyon, then climbs back out to Evans Lookout.
Blackheath: things to do
The highest town on the line and the walkers' town: Govetts Leap, Grand Canyon and the Grose Valley.
- Events22
- Markets3
- Walks & tracks7
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The highest town on the line and the walkers' town: Govetts Leap, Grand Canyon and the Grose Valley.
Getting there: Blackheath is on the Blue Mountains train line from Sydney Central. By car it is on or just off the Great Western Highway.
Outdoors
Walks, tracks and camping near Blackheath
Fairfax Heritage Walking Track
A sealed, gently graded track from the Blue Mountains Heritage Centre to Govetts Leap lookout - the best accessible walk in the park.
Pulpit Rock Track
Clifftop walking from Govetts Leap past Horseshoe Falls to Pulpit Rock, a blade of sandstone with a three-tier lookout hanging over the Grose Valley.
Cliff Top Walking Track
The escarpment walk between Govetts Leap and Evans Lookout: heath, wildflowers and the Grose Valley beside you the whole way.
Perrys Lookdown to Blue Gum Forest
A very steep 600-metre descent into the Grose Valley to stand among the towering blue gums bushwalkers saved from the axe in 1932.
Megalong Valley Road
A tight, shaded descent from Blackheath through rainforest hairpins into the open farmland of the Megalong Valley.
Acacia Flat Campground
A walk-in bush campground on the floor of the Grose Valley, a few minutes from Blue Gum Forest.
What's on
Events in Blackheath
Fri13Nov
"Down the Darling" and "Two Men in a Tinnie" | Lyrebird Festival Film Screening 2 and 5
Iconic Australian documentaries by the Leyland Brothers and John Doyle and Tim Flannery, these are must-sees for Lyrebird Festival guests to provide context for two of ou…
Fri13Nov
Lotte Betts-Dean with Ronan Apcar | Lyrebird Festival Concert 2
The Lyrebird Festival welcomes the "irresistible" Australian soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, performing alongside "firebrand" pianist Ronan Apcar, for a compelling program trac…
Now on13Nov
Lyrebird Festival - Megalong Valley
The Lyrebird Festival returns in 2026, celebrating the spectacular Megalong Valley with music, art, food and wine, talks and nature walks. Founded and directed by the Bow…
Fri13Nov
Oud Vibrations -Joseph Tawadros with Gregg Borschmann | Lyrebird Festival Hub Conversation 1
An internationally renowned Oud player, fashion icon, Member of the Order of Australia for services to music, and recently donning the floppy hat while being awarded an H…
Sat14Nov
Alice Morgan with Ronan Apcar | Lyrebird Festival Concert 3
Firebrand pianist Ronan Apcar and trailblazing saxophonist Alice Morgan, semi-finalist in the 2026 ABC Young Performers Awards, join forces in a program that celebrates j…
Sat14Nov
Common Wealth | Lyrebird Festival Film Screening 3
Don't miss this very special screening of Common Wealth as part of the Lyrebird Festival. Common Wealth follows a conservatively raised capitalist on a global and evolut…
Sat14Nov
Habitats and Hollows - Melina Budden & Matthew Stephens | Lyrebird Festival Hub Conversation 2
Many of Australia's unique gliders and parrots have been hit hard by on-going losses of natural hollows in old growth eucalypt trees since colonisation. Precipitous regio…
Sat14Nov
Joseph Tawadros - Oud Virtuoso | Lyrebird Festival Concert 4
Joseph Tawadros AM is a leading Oud virtuoso, composer and 8-time ARIA Award winner. Born in Cairo, his chosen instrument, the Oud, is an Arabic lute, the ancestor of the…
Markets
Blackheath markets
Blackheath Mountain Craft Markets
Undercover craft market: knitwear, toys, jewellery, fashion, handcrafted gifts. Community not-for-profit co-op since 2003.
3rd & 4th Sunday of each month
Blackheath Crafty Beggars Markets
Handmade artisan products, collectables, crafty items, baked goods and fresh produce.
2nd Sunday of month
Blackheath Growers Market
Running since 2003. 60+ growers: organic greens, stone fruit, mushrooms, truffles, sourdough, local wines, cheeses, olive oils, nuts, honey, free-rang
2nd Sunday of month (except January)
Families