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Six Foot Track

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Thu 12

Overcast

24°C / 10°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 13 km/h

Good

Fri 13

Light drizzle

30°C / 11°C

25% · 0.3 mm

Wind 7 km/h

Fair

Sat 14

Drizzle

27°C / 14°C

74% · 3.7 mm

Wind 22 km/h

Poor

Sun 15

Thunderstorm

26°C / 12°C

88% · 5.8 mm

Wind 12 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Rain showers

14°C / 9°C

95% · 14.1 mm

Wind 13 km/h

Poor

Tue 17

Drizzle

17°C / 9°C

64% · 4.5 mm

Wind 11 km/h

Fair

Wed 18

Overcast

22°C / 11°C

37% · 0.0 mm

Wind 10 km/h

Fair

Route

0.5 kmN ↑

Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.

About this trail

The Six Foot Track is a long hiking trail in New South Wales, Australia that stretches from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves. It was originally a bridle trail for horse from Katoomba to the Caves, and is now a walking trail of 44.3 kilometres (27.5 mi). It has a steep descent at first as it traverses Nellie's Glen, and ascends when it reaches Black Range.

From the Wikipedia article “Six Foot Track”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Countries
Australia
Continent
Oceania
Trail point
-33.71892, 150.27632 (OpenStreetMap path midpoint (Nominatim))
Wikidata
Q7532743
OpenStreetMap
way 595832883
Official info
nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tr

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Photo: “Megalong Valley 20020929.jpg” by Jameslamb at English Wikipedia ((James Lamb), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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