Walks
Muogamarra has several good short day walks:
- Point Loop
- Short, flat loop walk from carpark, with excellent wildflowers. Goes to an excellent viewpoint over Peats Crater and the Hawkesbury River. 2 km
- JD Tipper Loop
- Short mostly flat walk to lookout named for the founder of Muogamarra Nature Reserve views overlooking Brooklyn. 1 km
- Lloyd Trig
- Slightly longer mostly flat walk on an old road built by convict labour to Lloyd Trig Point, with excellent views of the Hawkesbury River area. 4 km
- Peats Crater
- A fairly long walk with 200 m of descent and 200 m of ascent which follows a convict road to the site of George Peat's farm at Peats Crater, which is also an interesting geological feature. 10 km
- Deerubbin Lookover
- A medium length walk with 110 m descent & 110 m ascent along the old Peats Ferry convict road to a rock shelter which provides stunning views over the Hawkesbury 180 m below. 6 km
- Bird Gully Swamp
- A trail which skirts the edge of a 'hanging swamp' containing a unique plant habitat. Also goes to the top of a pretty waterfall and occupation sites of aboriginal Gu-ring-gai people.
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