Bushwalking track notes, photographs, maps and more for Lockleys Pylon hiking trail are found in each of the tabs below
Lockleys Pylon
Time
Distance
Climb
Style
3 Hrs 15 mins
6.8 km
329 m
Return
8.1 km NNE of Leura
Blue Mountains National Park
Track: Hard
Lockley's Pylon Track is an excellent walk with some amazing views. The track leaves Mt Hay Rd to head along a ridge past the prominant features of The Pinnacles (an optional sidetrip). The track traverses the hill out to Lockley's Pyon which give 360 degree views of the Mt Hay area and Grose Valley. The optional side trip to see Fortress Canyon Waterfall is well worth the walk with its contrasting plateau, cliff and valley features creating some breath-taking scenery.
Bushwalking can be fun and interesting when you are well prepared. Please ensure you and your group are well prepared and equipped for all possible dangers. The authors, staff and owners of wildwalks take care in preparing these notes but do not accept responsibility for any inconvenience, loss or injury sustained when using these notes. Please take care and feel free to provide feedback through our website. Please note that side trips and alternate routes mentioned in these notes are not included in the tracks overall rating, distance or time estimate. The notes also only describe the side trip and alternate routes in one direction.
Please note: This is a 'return' style walk and therefore these graphs only show the terrain for the first half of the walk (until the turn around point.)
Cross sectional view of the Lockleys Pylon bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Lockleys Pylon bushwalking track
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(0 km) Lockleys car park to Middle Pinnacle Track: Moderate - Bush Track
Distance = 0.4 km
Time = 10 mins
Climb = 46 m
Descent = -3 m
From the car park the track heads north up the hill. The track tends right, along the edge of a spur. The track climbs approximately 300m to the southern pinnacle and then continues approximately 100m to the intersection below the middle pinnacle.
(0.36 km) Middle Pinnacle to Middle Pinnacle N Int. Optional Side Trip: Track: Hard - Bush Track
Distance = 0.2 km
Time = 5 mins
Climb = 9 m
Descent = -15 m
From the intersection the track heads north east up the hill. The track continues for approximately 100m to an intersection to the left of a large rock. From the intersection the track follows the rock on the right south east approximately 20m to a cave. From the intersection the track heads north into the saddle then up the other side. The track then undulates from the top of the Pinnacle to the northern end of the middle Pinnacle for approximately 100m to a small cliff face on the far side. From the intersection the track heads down to the left of the cliff. The track drops down a small cliff to continue north west across the hillside to the track below.
(0.36 km) Middle Pinnacle to Mt Stead Trk Track: Hard - Bush Track
Distance = 1.5 km
Time = 30 mins
Climb = 63 m
Descent = -61 m
From the intersection the track heads north approximately 200m to below the Pinnacles to an intersection approximately 50m north of the middle Pinnacle. From the intersection the track heads down into a saddle and over a knoll. The track then descends a further 100m into a saddle. The saddle is sandy and flat. until the track rises out up the opposite hill. The track ascends the hill to gently undulate across the plateau, through the trees. The track then opens out onto a clearing where it continues up the hill for approximately 200m to the intersection on the next rise.The intersection is to the left of a rocky outcrop.
(1.82 km) Mt Stead Trk to Lockley Pylon Track: Moderate - Bush Track
Distance = 1.6 km
Time = 30 mins
Climb = 81 m
Descent = -75 m
From the intersection the track heads west to the rocks, the summit of Mt Stead. From Mt Stead the track heads east for approximately 20m to the intersection on the ridge. From Mt Stead the track heads over the hill and into a tree protected saddle. The track meanders through the trees for approximately 400m to open out onto a clearing. The track heads down through the clearing to pass to the right of two knolls. The track crosses the saddle and heads up the stairs on Lockleys Pylon to a sign marked intersection. From the intersection the track heads north west up the staris for approximately 50m to the summit of Lockleys Pylon, marked by a large stone cairn.
Lockleys Pylon
Alt = 922
Lockleys Pylon, Blue Mountains National Park, gives 360 degree views of the Mt Hay area with excellent scope over Fortress Creek Waterfall and into the Grose Valley.
(3.39 km) Lockley Pylon to Fortress Lookout Optional Side Trip: Track: Hard - Bush Track
Distance = 0.2 km
Time = 5 mins
Climb = 0 m
Descent = -46 m
From Lockleys Pylon the track heads south west down the hill. The track descends two short cliff to wander out to a point overlooking Fortress Creek waterfall.
Attracting over 3 million visitors annually, Blue Mountains National Park holds some of Australia's most spectacular and diverse wilderness areas. Explore the Grose Valley, with its sheer sandstone cliffs, waterfalls and scenic walking, or enjoy the famou
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