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Red Hands Cave
Time
Distance
Climb
Style
15 mins
0.4 km
29 m
Return
10.8 km WSW of Penrith
Blue Mountains National Park
Walk: Easy
Red Hands Cave is a small sandstone overhang cave that showcases a number of very clear hand stencillings. The site is protected with an obtrusive cage to keep would be vandals out. There are a number of signs explaining some history and artefacts found in the area. The walk is an enjoyable and seems to take less time than the dive around. If you are reasonably fit consider the walk to the same cave but from the causeway.
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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 Red Hands Cave bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Red Hands Cave bushwalking track
No permits are required to do the walk, but if you drive into the park then a park entry fee is payable at the gate.
Finding the start
From the entrance to Glenbrook, drive across the causeway and continue along the main road and turn right down Red Hands Cave Rd soon after the Oaks picnic area. Much of the driving is on narrow dirt roads.
Since this is a 'return' style walk once you have had enough of the walk, turn around and retrace your steps back to the start.
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Drive to Red Hands Firetrail
A park entry fee is payble when driving into the park. You can drive or ride to the start of this walk Since this walk starts on a low grad road I can't give you a route plan to the start. View the road map here --> See Red Hands Firetrail on a map
(0 km) Red Hands Firetrail to Red Hands Cave Walk: Easy - Bush Track
Distance = 0.2 km
Time = 5 mins
Climb = 2 m
Descent = -27 m
The track is a well defined bush track with steps, that gently winds down the hill. Before to long you come to a large rocky outcrop that you walk over to get to the edge of a gully. Take care with children there is a significant drop at the rock edge. The track then turns right just before the gully, to cut in under the rocks to reveal the cave. The cave has some well preserved hand stencils of both adult and child hands. The cave is protected from vandalism from a large metal and Perspex cage that does obstruct the view, but I guess it is better that the graffiti.
Drive from Red Hands Firetrail
A park entry fee is payble when driving into the park. You can drive or ride from the end of this walk Since this walk ends on a low grad road I can't give you a route plan home. View the road map here --> See Red Hands Firetrail on a map
Nearest know Outdoor Stores near the start of this walk
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