Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades

Download & Print Map and Notes

1 hr 15 mins

1.7 km Return

368 m

Hard track
This walk explores the eastern end of Federal Pass track. Starting near Carrington Park, on Cliff Drive, the walk descends steeply, passing the Jamieson Lookout, Fern Bower and Lila and Linda falls. A couple more stair cases and the track comes to Marguerite Cascades. A side trip down to Laura Forest is also described, this is a nice spot to rest.

Maps for the Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades walk

You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.
These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Six Foot Track 1:50 000 Map Series Six Foot Track NSW-six-foot-track
Katoomba 1:25 000 Map Series 89301S KATOOMBA NSW-89301S
Katoomba 1:100 000 Map Series 8930 KATOOMBA 8930

Cross sectional view of the Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades bushwalking track

Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades

Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001

Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.

Length 1.7 km
Time 1 hr 15 mins
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Grade 4/6



Hard track
AS 2156.1 Gradient Very steep (4/6)
Quality of track Rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely (4/6)
Signs Directional signs along the way (3/6)
Experience Required No experience required (1/6)
Weather Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6)
Infrastructure Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)

Some more details of this walks Grading

Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk

Gradient

600m of this walk has gentle hills with occasional steps and another 180m is very steep. The remaining (65m) has short steep hills.

Quality of track

410m of this walk follows a rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely and another 390m follows a clear and well formed track or trail. The remaining (35m) follows a smooth and hardened path.

Signs

Around 590m of this walk has directional signs at most intersection, whilst the remaining 250m is clearly signposted.

Experience Required

This whole walk, 840m requires no previous bushwalking experience.

weather

This whole walk, 840m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).

Infrastructure

Around 690m of this walk is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats), whilst the remaining 150m has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).

Similar walks

A list of walks that share part of the track with the Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades walk.

Other Nearby walks

A list of walks that start near the Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades walk.

Plan your trip to and from the walk here

The Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades walk starts and ends at the Carrington Park (gps: -33.720233, 150.31744)
Your transport options to Carrington Park are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)




Fire Danger

Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.

Weather Forest

This walk starts in the Central Tablelands weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.

Forecast snapshot

Park Information & Alerts

Comments

 


Short URL = http://wild.tl/cptmc


Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)

Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂