Sydney to Mudgee over the Blue Mountains with a caravan or motorhome
Sydney to Mudgee over the Blue Mountains runs 273 km from Sydney to Mudgee. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 5 h behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Sydney · Katoomba · Lithgow · Mudgee
Is Sydney to Mudgee over the Blue Mountains OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 4 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 10% downhill on Chifley Road, at km 144.
- It keeps you off 15 nearby roads with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like Cowper Wharf Roadway (12 m long), Bulwara Road (2 m high) and Old Bathurst Road (7.5 m long).
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 273 km | 273 km |
| Driving time | 5 h | 4 h 45 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 4 km | 4 km |
| Total climb | 3,028 m | 3,028 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 79 km | 79 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 15 | 16 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Sydney · km 0
- Parramatta · km 22
- Blaxland · km 64
- Faulconbridge · km 76
- Hazelbrook · km 86
- Katoomba · km 102
- Blackheath · km 113
- Lithgow · km 147
- Mudgee · km 273
Caravan parks on the way
- Ingenia Holidays Nepean River · km 56
- Katoomba Falls Tourist Park · km 102
- Blackheath Glen Tourist Park · km 113
- Cudgegong Waters Caravan Park · km 238
- BIG4 Mudgee Holiday Park · km 271
- Mudgee Valley Park · km 273
- Riverside Caravan and Tourist Park · km 273
Free camps on the way
- Blackheath Glen Reserve · km 109
- Lake Wallace · km 160 · caravans OK
- Capertee Rest Area · km 192 · caravans OK
National park and other campgrounds
- Cookatoo Island Waterfront Campground · km 3 · fees apply
- Darug Camp Area · km 61 · fees apply
- Nioka Campsite · km 61 · fees apply
- Perch Ponds · km 67
- KCC Camp Site · km 102 · fees apply
- Mt York Campground · km 123
- Marrangaroo campground · km 153
- Woolshed Flat campground (CTuron NP) · km 187
- Mt Vincent Camp Centre · km 217
- Mudgee Showgroun · km 273 · fees apply
- and 16 more in the app
Rest areas
- M7 Control Centre Rest Area · km 36
- 69.1km from Lithgow · km 73
- 61km from Lithgow · km 81
- 30.29km from Lithgow · km 112
- 25.19km from Lithgow · km 117
- 0.48km West of Lithgow · km 150
- 13.2km from Mudgee turnoff · km 169
- 36.9km from Mudgee turnoff · km 192 · water
- Cudgegong Creek Rest Area · km 237
- 117km from Mudgee turnoff · km 272
- and 13 more in the app
Dump points
- at Katoomba Falls Tourist Park · km 102
- at Lake Wallace · km 160
Fuel stops
- Coles Express · km 0
- United · km 4
- Ashfield Service Station · km 9
- Shell OTR Strathfield · km 12
- Costco Fuel · km 17
- Metro Fuel Greystanes · km 27
- Auto Girraween Service Station · km 28
- Metro Petroleum, St Marys · km 45
- Enhance · km 146
- HC Morgan Service Station · km 272
- and 32 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.