Blue Mountains: facts

At a glance

• Country: Australia
• Administrative status: section of a populated place (GeoNames code PPLX)
• Population: approximately 78,121
• Coordinates: 33.7133° S, 150.3306° E
• Time zone: Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00 standard, UTC+11:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (AUD)
• Distance to the capital, Canberra: 206 km (128 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Bathurst Airport (BHS): 72 km (44 mi), straight line
• Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD): 82 km (51 mi), straight line
• Newcastle Airport (NTL): 173 km (108 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Katoomba: 2.3 km (1.4 mi)
• Liverpool: 60 km (37 mi)
• Parramatta: 63 km (39 mi)
• Hornsby: 71 km (44 mi)
• Bathurst: 77 km (48 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sydney, 83 km (51 mi)