Cathedral Rock National Park
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Cathedral Rock is a national park eight kilometres west of Waterfall Way
in New South Wales
, Australia
, 70 kilometres east of Armidale
and about 555 kilometres north of Sydney
.
This park is lying between the Guy Fawkes River
and Macleay Range, and is about six kilometres west of Ebor, New South Wales
.
The highest peak of the New England Tableland, Round Mountain
, is located in the park.
Waterfall Way
The Waterfall Way is a road and State Highway 78 in New South Wales, Australia. It runs east-west from the Pacific Highway to the New England Highway at Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as New South Wales best and...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 70 kilometres east of Armidale
Armidale, New South Wales
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...
and about 555 kilometres north of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
.
This park is lying between the Guy Fawkes River
Guy Fawkes River
The Guy Fawkes River is a river in northern New South Wales, Australia that runs from the south to north along the valley of the Demon Fault Line in the Guy Fawkes River National Park....
and Macleay Range, and is about six kilometres west of Ebor, New South Wales
Ebor, New South Wales
Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about east of Armidale and about a third of the way between Armidale and the coast. At the 2006 census, Ebor and the surrounding area had a population of 160...
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The highest peak of the New England Tableland, Round Mountain
Round Mountain (New England Tableland)
Round Mountain is the highest peak on the Northern Tablelands of the New England region in New South Wales, Australia.Round Mountain is located in Cathedral Rock National Park about east of Armidale, New South Wales and 63 km west of Dorrigo, New South Wales...
, is located in the park.
See also
- Protected areas of New South WalesProtected areas of New South WalesThe Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and aquatic protected areas. At 30 June 2010 there were 776 separate terrestrial protected areas with a total land area of . 189 of these are national parks, totalling...