Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Hiking Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation.

Blackbutt currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Blackbutt	100
#2	Menai	99
#3	Cecil Hills	98
#4	Engadine	97
#5	Wallsend	93
#6	Glenbrook	92
#7	Lugarno	89
#8	Tanilba Bay	88
#9	St Helens Park	87
#10	Wallerawang	87
#11	West Pennant Hills	85
#12	Lemon Tree Passage	85
#13	Raymond Terrace	84
#14	Narara	84
#15	Glenroy	84
#16	Port Macquarie	83
#17	Sutherland	83
#18	Forster	82
#19	Karabar	82
#20	East Maitland	82
#21	Shell Cove	82
#22	Abbotsbury	81
#23	Byron Bay	81
#24	Oatley	81
#25	East Lindfield	80
#26	Griffith	80
#27	Mallabula	80
#28	Harrington Park	80
#29	Macquarie Fields	80
#30	Warriewood	80
#31	East Ballina	79
#32	Vaucluse	79
#33	Marsfield	79
#34	The Ponds	79
#35	Ruse	79
#36	Lansvale	79
#37	Coffs Harbour	79
#38	Kingscliff	79
#39	Cooma	78
#40	West Pymble	78
#41	Yamba	78
#42	Pymble	78
#43	Albion Park	77
#44	Earlwood	77
#45	Nambucca Heads	77
#46	Frenchs Forest	77
#47	Mardi	77
#48	Hunters Hill	77
#49	Norah Head	77
#50	Goulburn	76

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 4 October 2026 at 1:54 am AEST

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