Somersby Store to Ourimbah Valley Trackhead (6km), Somersby, New South Wales

Somersby Store to Ourimbah Valley Trackhead is a 6km, grade 4 hike located in the Somersby, New South Wales. The hike should take around 3 hrs to complete.

Length: 6km

Duration: 3 hrs

Grade: 4

Style: One way

Start: 841 Wisemans Ferry Road

End: 812 Ourimbah Creek Rd

Location: Somersby

Closest town: Somersby

New South Wales

From state capital: 79km

Longitude: 151.29029

Latitude: -33.3580778

Hike summary

Starting with a walk through the streets of urban Somerbsy you soon leave the farms and head into Palm Grove Nature Reserve. First you will follow the signposted track down the open dry ridge to the dense rainforest. In this valley you can explores the moist rainforest with towering Eucalypts Strangler Fig trees Cabbage Palms and a tangle of vines. From here walk up the rocky track to another dry ridge where you can follow a side trip to a flat clearing and designated campsite. From near the campsite the track winds down through another moist forest and past more Cabbage Palms before coming to the signposted Ourimbah Valley Trackhead on Ourimbah Creek Road.

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