Lapstone Bridge ZigZag walk (2km), Glenbrook, New South Wales

Lapstone Bridge ZigZag walk is a 2km, grade 4 hike located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The hike should take around 1.25 hrs to complete.

Length: 2km

Duration: 1.25 hrs

Grade: 4

Style: Circuit

Start: 1 Governors Drive

End: 1 Governors Drive

Location: Blue Mountains National Park

Closest town: Penrith

New South Wales

From state capital: 58.5km

Longitude: 150.6405638

Latitude: -33.76682753

Hike summary

This walk is more about history than the bush but it still gives great views. The walk explores a small section of the old Lapstone Zig Zag railway (not to be confused with the more famous Lithgow Zig Zag railway). You will walk where the tracks once stood through sandstone cuttings passing an old train station to the famous Knapsack Viaduct (bridge).

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