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Mountain Bike Riding in NSW

There are numerous places in NSW  that offer excellent mountain biking trails to suit all level of riders.

Below are some MTB highlights across different NSW regions. :

Mountain Bike Tracks in Western NSW

Narrow Neck

Narrow Neck Blue Mountains

Distance: 20km return.
Difficulty: Medium.
Location: Blue Mountains.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Mountains

Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Mountains

Distance: 28km one way.
Difficulty: Medium.
Location: Blue Mountains.
Rating: 5 Stars
Hanging Rock, Blue Mountains

Hanging Rock, Blue Mountains

Distance: 12km return.
Where: Blue Mountains.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Blue Gum Swamp, Blue Mountains

Blue Gum Swamp, Blue Mountains

Distance: 10km loop.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium.
Location: Blue Mountains.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Mountain Bike Tracks South of Sydney.

Eagle Rock, Royal National Park

Eagle Rock, Royal National Park

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Royal National Park

Royal National Park

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Woronora Pipeline

Woronora Pipeline/Dam Ride

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Little Marley, Royal National Park

Little Marley, Royal National Park

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Mountain Bike Trails in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.

Nowra Coondoo Loop

Coondoo Single Track

Distance: 10km loop
Difficulty: medium with technical sections.
Where: South Nowra. 
Rating: 5 stars
Nowra Mountain Bike Trails

Superbowl Loop

Distance: 6km loop
Difficulty: Medium with technical sections.
Where: South Nowra
Rating: 5 stars

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Nowra mountain bike trails

Butterfly Loop

Distance: 5.5km.
Where: South Nowra.
Difficulty: Medium. Some hard bits.
Rating: 5 Stars. 

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Budderoo Mountain Bike Trail

Budderoo Mountain Bike Trail. 

Distance: 24km return.
Where: Budderoo Nation Park.
Difficulty: Easy.
Rating: 4 Stars

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Cabbage Tree MTB Trail. 

Distance: 10km loop.
Where: Near Nowra.
Difficulty: Intermediate.
Rating: 4 Stars

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McPhails fire trail

McPhails MTB Trail. 

Distance: 26km return.
Where: Kangaroo Valley.
Difficulty: Hard, steep.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Griffins Fire Trail

 

Meryla Pass MTB Trail. 

Distance: 24km one way.
Where: Kangaroo Valley.
Difficulty: Hard, steep.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Mountain Bike Riding North of Sydney.

Duckholes Trail

Duckholes Trail

Distance: 11km loop.
Where: Terrey Hills, McCarrs Creek Rd.
Difficulty: Medium/Hard
Rating: 3 and 1/2 Stars

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Manly Dam

Manly Dam

Distance: 11km basic loop.
Trail Head: King Street , Manly Vale.
Difficulty: Hard
Rating: 4 Stars

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Cascades

Cascades

Distance: 25+km trails.
Where: Garigal National Park.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

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Specialized Turbo Levo

Terry Hills Perimeter Trail:

Distance: 25km in and out.
Where: Ku-Ring-Gai National Park.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 4

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Old Mans Valley, Hornby Trail:

Distance: 6km circuit.
Where: Hornsby.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 4

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The map below contains mountain bike trails across NSW

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Royal National Park: -34.042915, 151.055770
Costens Point, Royal National Park: -34.088705, 151.110788
Eagle Rock, Royal National Park: -34.148074, 151.061895
Heathcote national park: -34.087919, 151.008332
Helensburgh: -34.187523, 150.978351
Illawarra Escarpment: -34.319930, 150.896285
Lady Carrington Drive: -34.088562, 151.055566
Little Marley Fire Trail: -34.111686, 151.085406
Menai (Lucas Heights): -34.047253, 150.988074
Mount Bass Fire Trail, Royal National Park: -34.110175, 151.087295
Southern Combo: -34.036307, 151.069760
Stanwell Tops: -34.219005, 150.979593
Uloola Falls, Royal National Park: -34.134501, 150.995113
Waterfall: -34.130687, 150.992195
Woronora Dam: -34.076546, 151.006834
Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Mountains: -33.736012, 150.481305
Manly Dam: -33.754172, 151.232864
Duckholes: -33.673311, 151.238659
Wingello State Forest: -34.715669, 150.188182
Narrow Neck MTB: -33.738508, 150.281737
Penrose State Forest: -34.635029, 150.255080
Cascades: -33.724064, 151.210683
Hanging Rock: -33.621767, 150.288162
Blue Gum Swamp: -33.664372, 150.610725
Glenrock: -32.951640, 151.715784
Terry Hills Perimeter Track: -33.677354, 151.225219
Old Mans Valley: -33.701261, 151.092589
Nowra - Coondoo: -34.955357, 150.607109
Nowra - Butterfly: -34.954724, 150.677233
Nowra - Superbowl: -34.960985, 150.651441
McPhails: -34.678253, 150.489349
Wingello Yellow Track: -34.716028, 150.189497
Welby: -34.437531, 150.429010
Cabbage_Tree: -34.893394, 150.559087
Meryla Pass: -34.647878, 150.478470
Killalea Mountain Bike Ride: -34.600503, 150.860138
Jindabyne: -36.413892, 148.611460
Blackbutt Forest: -34.570701, 150.854731
Thredbo_Valley_Track: -36.446142, 148.451042
Thredbo Mountain Bike Park: -36.504462, 148.304358
Dharawal: -34.260338, 150.877647
Tewantin Mountain Bike Trails: -26.410013, 153.029251
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Royal National Park

Royal National Park mountain bike trail.

Where: Royal National Park is located South if Sydney
Distance: The basic loop is 7km. However there are numerous side tracks to explore and you can easily do 20km+ on the day.
Difficulty: For the most part the basic loop would be classified as easy. However when you go down temptation creek this would be in the hard basket.
Rating: 5 stars

Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Costens Point, Royal National Park

Costens Point, Royal National Park

Costens Point, Royal National Park Snapshot:

Distance: 2.8km return

Where: Off Maianbar Road, about half way down. See map

Difficultly: Easy, though there is a steep hill at the end

Rating: Average

Costens Point Trail, Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Eagle Rock, Royal National Park

Eagle Rock, Royal National Park

Eagle Rock, Royal National Park track snaphot:

Distance: 9 km return

Difficulty: Medium

Where: Curra Moors trail, Royal National Park

Rating: 5 stars

Eagle Rock, New South Wales, Australia
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Heathcote national park

Heathcote National Park

Distance: 24km with side tracks from Loftus oval.

Rating: 4 start

Heathcote Station, Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia
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Helensburgh

Helensburgh

Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia
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Illawarra Escarpment

Illawarra Escarpment

Unfortunately most of this trail has been closed off. You could still ride it at your own risk however there are trespassing signs after the 2km mark. It’s a really nice ride and very green. But due to the shortness of the ride I would only recommend if you live in the area. Not really worth the trip for that short distance. My round trip was just under 5kms.

Illawarra Escarpment Track, Maddens Plains, New South Wales, Australia
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Lady Carrington Drive

Lady Carrington Drive

Lady Carrington Drive mountain bike ride snaphot:

  • Where: 2 minutes south of Audley, heart of the Royal National Park.
  • Distance: 20km return
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Rating: 4 Stars
Lady Carrington Drive, Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Little Marley Fire Trail


 

Little Marley Fire trail snapshot:
  • Distance: 15km return trip
  • Where: Off Bundeena Drive, Royal National Park
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Rating: 4 stars
Little Marley Fire Trail, New South Wales, Australia
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Menai (Lucas Heights)

Menai (Lucas Heights)

Menai, New South Wales, Australia
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Mount Bass Fire Trail, Royal National Park

Mount Bass Fire Trail, Royal National Park

Mount Bass, Royal National Park Mountain Bike track snapshot.

  • Distance: 5km return
  • Difficultly: Medium
  • Rating: Average
  • Where: Bundeena Drive, down from Little Marley trail
Mount Bass Fire Trail, Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Southern Combo

Southern Combo

The southern Combo ride goes from Sutherland to Helensburgh. It combines the Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park, Waterfall Track and Helenburgh track. The most direct route is 26km. However you can make this as long as you like if you take a few detours.

Royal National Park Visitor Centre, Lady Carrington Drive, Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
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Stanwell Tops
Stanwell Tops
Stanwell Tops, New South Wales, Australia
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Uloola Falls, Royal National Park

Uloola Falls, Royal National Park

Around 12km return. Click on the link above for details

Uloola Falls Bush Campground, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Waterfall

Waterfall

Waterfall Station, Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
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Woronora Dam

Woronora Dam Mountain Bike Ride

Woronora Dam Mountain Bike Ride Snapshot:

  • Location: Trail head, end of Forum Drive, Heathcote
  • Distance: 24km return trip
  • Difficulty: Not too technical. However extremely steep hills.
Woronora Dam, New South Wales, Australia
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Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Mountains

Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Mountains.

The Oaks file trail snapshot:

  • Distance: 30km
  • Where: Trail head, Woodford Station.
  • Difficulty: Medium to hard
  • Rating: 4 Stars
The Oaks Fire Trail, Blue Labyrinth, New South Wales, Australia
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Manly Dam

Manly Dam, mountain bike ride.

Difficulty: Hard

Rating: 4 Stars

Distance: Basic loop, 11km

Manly Dam, Allambie Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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Duckholes

Duckholes Trail

Duckholes Trail snapshot:

Distance: 11km loop.

Where: Terrey Hills, McCarrs Creek Rd.

Difficulty: Medium/Hard

Rating: 3 and 1/2 Stars

Duckholes Trail, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, New South Wales, Australia
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Wingello State Forest

Wingello State Forest:

Wingello State Forest snap shot:
Distance: 3 loops, 5km, 20km, 22km.
Where: Caoura Rd, Wingello.
Difficulty: Medium. Some hard bits.
Rating: 5 Stars. Top ten mountain bike rides

Wingello State Forest, Wingello, New South Wales, Australia
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Narrow Neck MTB

Narrow Neck mountain bike ride.

Narrow Neck Mountain bike ride snapshot:

Distance: 20km return.
Where: Katoomba, Blue Mountains.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

Narrow Neck Lookout, Katoomba, Australia
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Penrose State Forest

Penrose State Forest.

Penrose State Forest Mountain bike trails snapshot:
Distance: 50+km return.
Where: Southern Highlands.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium.
Rating: 4 Stars

Bundanoon, Australia
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Cascades

Cascades.

Distance: 25+km trails.
Where: Garigal National Park.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

wyatt ave, belrose, autralia
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Hanging Rock

Hanging Rock.

Hanging Rock mountain bike ride snapshot:

Distance: 12km return.
Where: Ridgewell Rd, Blackheath, Blue Mountains.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

Blackheath, australia
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Blue Gum Swamp

Blue Gum Swap, Blue Mountains.

Blue Gum Swamp, Blue Mountains snapshot.

Distance: 10km loop.
Where: Winmalee, Blue Mountains.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium.
Rating: 5 Stars

white cross rd, winmalee, nsw, Australia
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Glenrock

Glenrock Mountain Bike Park

Distance: 30+ km
Difficultly: Caters for all levels
Rating: 5 Stars
newcastle, nsw, Australia
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Terry Hills Perimeter Track

Terry Hills Perimeter and Long Trail

Distance: 25km.
Where: Ku-Ring-Gai National Park.
Difficulty: Medium.
Rating: 4 Stars

terry hills, NSW, Australia
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Old Mans Valley

Old Mans Valley

Old Mans Valley Snapshot:

Length: 6km Circuit
Where: Hornsby NSW
Difficultly: Intermediate. Some expert sections
Rating: 4 Stars
Hornsby, NSW, Australia
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Nowra - Coondoo

Nowra Mountain Bike trails

Nowra offers 3 awesome mountain biking trails to explore.

  1. Coondoo
  2. Superbowl
  3. Butterfly

All 3 are worth a ride. 5 star rating.

nowra australia
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Nowra - Butterfly

Nowra - Butterfly

Nowra, NSW, Australia
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Nowra - Superbowl

Nowra - Superbowl

Nowra, NSW, Australia
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McPhails

McPhails Mountain Bike trail

Distance: 13km one way
Difficulty: Intermediate with very steep section
Location: Near Kangaroo Valley
Rating: 5 stars

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Wingello Yellow Track

Wingello Yellow Track

Wingello State Forest:

Wingello State Forest snap shot:
Distance: 3 loops, 5km, 20km, 22km.
Where: Caoura Rd, Wingello.
Difficulty: Medium. Some hard bits.
Rating: 5 Stars. Top ten mountain bike rides

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Welby

Welby Mountain Bike trail.

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Distance: 10km single track loop.

Rating: 5 stars.

Where: Southern highlands NSW.

Difficulty: Intermediate, with a few hard sections. 

welby, nsw, austrailia
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Cabbage_Tree

Cabbage Tree Mountain Bike Trail Snapshot:

Distance: 10km Single Track loop

Difficulty: Intermediate

Rating: 5 Stars

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Meryla Pass

Meryla Pass

Distance: 24km one way

Difficultly: Hard, very steep.

Where: Kangaroo Valley

Rating: 5 Stars

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Killalea Mountain Bike Ride

Killalea Bike Ride

Distance: 10 - 15km

Where: Illawarra

Difficultly: Easy.

Rating: 4 and half stars

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Jindabyne

Lake Jindabyne

Distance: 15km in and out.

Difficultly: Intermediate 

Where: Jindabyne

Rating: 5 Stars

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Blackbutt Forest

Blackbutt Forest

Distance: 10km loop

Difficultly: Intermediate. 

Where: Blackbutt

Rating: 4 and a half stars

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Thredbo_Valley_Track

Thredbo Valley Track

Distance: 20km one way

Difficultly: Intermediate

Where: Thredbo

Rating: 5 Stars

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Thredbo Mountain Bike Park

Thredbo Mountain Bike Park

Distance: longest run is 10km

Difficultly: Intermediate runs and expert runs

Where: Thredbo

Rating: 5 stars 

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Dharawal

Dharawal Mountain Bike Trail.

Distance: 15km one way.
Where: Dharawal National Park.
Difficulty: Beginner to intermediate.
Rating: 4 Stars

 

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Tewantin Mountain Bike Trails

Tewantin Mountain Bike Trails

Distance: 30km+

Difficulty: Easy/Intermediate/Advanced trails

Where: Noosa

Rating: 5 Stars

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