Highlands Living

Nature

Mount Gibraltar Heritage Reserve (Bowral Lookout)

Heritage-listed bushland reserve above Bowral with picnic lookouts and old trachyte quarry walks.

Directions wsc.nsw.gov.au On the big map
View from the Mount Gibraltar Reserve lookout over the town of Bowral and surrounding countryside
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0

Mount Gibraltar Heritage Reserve covers about 130 ha on the hill between Bowral and Mittagong and is State Heritage listed for its ecology and trachyte quarries. Oxley Drive leads to the Bowral Lookout picnic area, and a rim track links it to the Jellore and Mittagong lookouts.

Address
Oxley Drive, Bowral NSW 2576
Village
Bowral
From the village centre
≈1.3 km straight-line · about 21 min on foot (estimate, not a verified route)
Good for
outdoors, heritage, family friendly

Details checked 9 November 2026 against wsc.nsw.gov.au , nsw.gov.au and apps.environment.nsw.gov.au. Opening hours change — check the venue’s website before you go.