Detourmap
Places worth the detour in New South Wales
Detourmap lists 171 places in New South Wales, Australia, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Mount Kosciuszko. 148 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 171
- Oldest
- Elizabeth Bay House 1839
- Little known
- 148 of 171
- Share of Australia
- 20%
New South Wales 171
The 120 best known of 171. The other 51 are on the map and on the Australia pages.
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1.Mount Kosciuszko
Nature · Iconic
Highest mountain in the mainland of the Australian continent, located on New South Wales–Victoria border
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2.Lord Howe Island
Nature · Iconic
Island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales
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3.Ball's Pyramid
Nature · Renowned
An island and an erosional remnant of a shield volcano southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific
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7.Kosciuszko National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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8.Blue Mountains National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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10.Three Sisters
Nature · Notable
Rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia
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12.Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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14.Dorrigo National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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22.Barunguba Montague Island Nature Reserve
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Nature Reserve in New South Wales, Australia
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26.Auburn Botanical Gardens
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Botanical gardens in Sydney, Australia
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45.Wadbilliga National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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46.Biamanga National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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47.Monga National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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48.Weddin Mountains National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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49.Popran National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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50.Mallanganee National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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51.Kings Plains National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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52.Scheyville National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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53.Ben Halls Gap National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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54.Berowra Valley National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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59.Woomargama National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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60.Yarriabini National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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61.Bindarri National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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62.Coorabakh National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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63.Watagans National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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64.South East Forest National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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65.Dooragan National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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66.Livingstone National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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67.Conjola National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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68.Woko National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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69.Toorale National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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70.Lord Howe Island Marine Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Marine Park in New South Wales, Australia
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71.Garawarra State Conservation Area
Nature · 19th century · Hidden gem
State Conservation Area in New South Wales, Australia
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75.Chipping Norton Lake
Nature · Hidden gem
Artificial lake and nature reserve in Chipping Norton, New South Wales
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80.Wollomombi Falls
Nature · Hidden gem
Waterfall on the Wollomombi River in New South Wales, Australia
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89.Murray Valley National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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90.Mummel Gulf National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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91.Biriwal Bulga National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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92.Capoompeta National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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93.Dunggir National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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94.Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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95.Bungonia National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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96.Nowendoc National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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97.Meroo National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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98.Dharawal National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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99.Tallaganda National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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100.Middle Brother National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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101.Tapin Tops National Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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102.Malabar Headland National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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103.Bents Basin State Conservation Area
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State Conservation Area in New South Wales, Australia
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113.Jones Beach
Nature · Hidden gem
Located in the Illawarra / South Coast regions of New South Wales
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118.Elizabeth Bay House
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Heritage-listed Colonial Regency style house and now a museum and grotto in Sydney, Australia
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119.Gulaga National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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120.Garrawilla CCA Zone 1 National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
CCA Zone 1 National Park in New South Wales, Australia
Elsewhere in Australia
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in New South Wales?
Mount Kosciuszko. Highest mountain in the mainland of the Australian continent, located on New South Wales–Victoria border. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in New South Wales?
171: 152 nature & landscapes and 19 archaeological & historic sites. 148 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in New South Wales?
Elizabeth Bay House, dated to 1839. 64 of the 171 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as New South Wales here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in New South Wales if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. New South Wales is a first-level division of Australia, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.