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Fruit Bowl & Pie Shop Bilpin
A popular roadside pie shop and fruit stand on the Bells Line of Road through the Blue Mountains, famous for its apple pies and mountain views.
26 km · about 30 min drive
OceaniaAustraliaNew South Wales
Mount Riverview
New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
About Mount Riverview
Mount Riverview works well as a base: 5 minutes from Emu Plains, 30km from Blue Mountains National Park.
Mount Riverview is in New South Wales, Australia, with about 3,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Emu Plains, about 4 km away.
Mount Riverview is a town off the Great Western Highway about 2 km NE of Blaxland in the Lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Riverview had a population of 3,074 people.
Mount Riverview borders the townships/suburbs of Warrimoo, Blaxland, EmuRead more
Heights and Yellow Rock.
Mount Riverview has views over the Sydney area, including of Centrepoint Tower some 55 kilometres away. It has a general store, two churches, a wood turning and woodcraft centre, a public school, tennis courts, a water tank, a Chinese restaurant, two parks and a local fire brigade under the jurisdiction of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.
Mount Riverview is part of the Federal Electoral Division of Macquarie (NSW).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Mount Riverview?
Within an hour or so of Mount Riverview: Fruit Bowl & Pie Shop Bilpin (26 km), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah (29 km), Blue Mountains National Park (30 km), Three Sisters, Echo Point (Blue Mountains) (30 km).
Are there any good drives near Mount Riverview?
The nearest famous roads are Grand Pacific Drive and Macquarie Pass.
Where is Mount Riverview?
Mount Riverview is in New South Wales, Australia, about 4 km from Emu Plains.
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- Population
- 2,973
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- New South Wales
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -33.7307, 150.6353
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Worth the detour from Mount Riverview
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
Cool-climate botanic garden on Bells Line of Road, a scenic alternative crossing of the Blue Mountains, with parking and escarpment views.
29 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Blue Mountains National Park
Dramatic eucalyptus-clad valleys, towering sandstone cliffs, and the iconic Three Sisters rock formation.
30 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Three Sisters, Echo Point (Blue Mountains)
Sandstone rock formation above the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains, viewed from Echo Point which has a large car park and visitor centre.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
Three towering sandstone pillars rising from the Jamison Valley, sacred to the local Gundungurra Aboriginal people.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Deus Ex Machina Camperdown
The original Temple of Enthusiasm in Sydney, a pioneering cafe-motorcycle-surfboard-fashion concept that spawned a global cult following.
53 km · about 60 min drive
cafe
Pie in the Sky
A legendary biker and car enthusiast cafe on the Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney, the essential pit stop on Australia's most popular motorcycle road.
54 km · about 65 min drive
cafe
Rising Sun Workshop
A motorcycle workshop, cafe, and barbershop in Newtown, Sydney, fusing Japanese aesthetics with Australian moto culture.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Mount Riverview
- 30 kmThree Sisters, Echo Point (Blue Mountains)Sandstone rock formation above the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains, viewed from Echo Point which has a large car park and visitor centre.
- 55 kmSydney Harbour TunnelA 2.3 km immersed-tube tunnel opened in 1992 that dives beneath Sydney Harbour, the underwater twin to the Harbour Bridge linking the CBD with North Sydney.
- 56 kmKanangra WallsA 200-metre sandstone escarpment at the wild western edge of the Blue Mountains, reached by a long gravel road from Oberon and a 20-minute clifftop walk. Vastly emptier than Echo Point.
- 63 kmGrand Pacific Drive140 km coastal route from the Royal National Park to Wollongong and beyond, sweeping past Bald Hill's hang-glider lookout, seaside villages and the famous Sea Cliff Bridge.
- 64 kmBald Hill LookoutClifftop lookout and hang-gliding launch at Stanwell Tops overlooking the Sea Cliff Bridge and Illawarra coastline, with roadside parking.
- 66 kmSea Cliff BridgeA 665 m balanced-cantilever bridge that curves off the Illawarra escarpment and hangs over the Pacific, the photogenic centrepiece of Grand Pacific Drive south of Sydney.
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