Parking
Use the Emu Road roadside access near 64 Emu Road in Glenbrook. This is the direct, short lookout walk, separate from the steep approach from Glenbrook Creek. Seasonal Glenbrook gate hours and park entry fees apply.
Overview
About Tunnel View walking track
Why go
- A broad gorge view with the 1911 rail tunnels in the cutting.
Heads up
- Very short; most of the visit is the view, not distance on trail.
From the lookout, look across the railway cutting to the pair of tunnels built in 1911, then out toward Kurrajong and the basalt-capped Mount Banks and Mount Tomah. The gorge and wooded ridges do most of the work; the tunnels are a small but distinctive detail in the wider view. In warmer months, woody pears and white flannel flowers bloom nearby. May can bring feeding flocks of red wattlebirds, honeyeaters and noisy friarbirds. If you take a photo, keep some of the rocky foreground with the gorge so the depth reads.
Parkwolf’s verdictThe view is the payoffMap & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation224–235 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Blue Mountains alerts
- ClosureRoads and tracks closed across Blue Mountains National ParkMany roads, fire trails and walking tracks across Blue Mountains National Park are closed; do not enter closed areas.Official details
- CautionPark-wide solid-fuel fire banA park fire ban is active across Blue Mountains National Park: campfires and solid-fuel barbecues and stoves are prohibited. - Gas and electric cookers are permitted, subject to safety rules.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Blue Mountains Tour Guide
Your drive to Tunnel View walking track, narrated.
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See the Blue Mountains audio tourRecorded for this area
Why the Rainbow Moves0:00 / 0:29
“A rainbow in waterfall spray depends on where you're standing. Sunlight bends as it enters each droplet, reflects inside, then bends again on the way out. Different colours leave at different angles.”
Plays on the road 0.3 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Blue Mountains Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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Trail guide
Hiking Tunnel View walking track
A quick lookout walkTunnel View walking track is a short 0.
Tunnel View walking track is a short 0.32-mile (about 520 m) out-and-back in the Glenbrook area, ending at an unfenced lookout above a forested gorge. The mapped footpath is about 260 m one way; the total counts the same path back. Allow around 25 minutes for the walk and a look around. It is a fast scenic stop, not a longer bushwalk, and the short route here is separate from the steep approach up from Glenbrook Creek.
Access and footingStart at the Emu Road access near 64 Emu Road in Glenbrook.
Start at the Emu Road access near 64 Emu Road in Glenbrook. The path is very short, but its surface and grade are not described in detail; the lookout access is rated hard, so don't assume a step-free route. The Glenbrook gates have seasonal hours: 8:30 am–7 pm from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April, and 8:30 am–6 pm the rest of the year. Park entry fees apply. Dogs are not allowed except certified assistance animals.
The lookout is unfenced. Keep children well back from the edge; you can take in the full view without going to the rim.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Blue Mountains
58 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
43 sightingsWombatMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
18 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
53 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
23 sightingsBrushtail PossumMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
30 sightingsRing-tailed PossumMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Blue Mountains. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
