DetourmapPlaces worth the detour in Sydney
45 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Sydney, Australia, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (36). Best known: Botany Bay. 41 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Within 30 km
- 45
- Oldest
- Elizabeth Bay House 1839
- Little known
- 41 of 45
- Most from
- 20th century
All 45, ranked 45
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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3.Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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6.Auburn Botanical Gardens
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Botanical gardens in Sydney, Australia
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13.Berowra Valley National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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17.Chipping Norton Lake
Nature · Hidden gem
Artificial lake and nature reserve in Chipping Norton, New South Wales
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23.Malabar Headland National Park
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
National Park in New South Wales, Australia
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29.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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37.Susannah Place Museum
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
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39.Bankstown Bunker
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Ruin of a military headquarters in Sydney, Australia
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40.Jacaranda, University of Sydney
Nature · Hidden gem
Historic jacaranda tree at the University of Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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43.Rose Seidler House
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Questions about this page
What is worth seeing near Sydney?
45 places within 30 km: 36 nature & landscapes and 9 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Botany Bay.
Is there anything near Sydney that most visitors miss?
41 of these 45 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.
What is the oldest thing near Sydney?
Elizabeth Bay House, dated to 1839.
How is the 30 km radius measured?
As the crow flies from the centre of Sydney, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.
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.