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This is a cue sheet for the katoomba to penrith via lennox bridge LBUG Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.

Cumulative Distance Where Notes Direction Elevation
0km 0km Katoomba Start at Station. Head downhill on Katoomba St to roundabout at Waratah St. If not bothered about seeing the sights of Katoomba, head straight for Leura via Highway. SSW 186° 1025m
0.69km 0.69km Right on Lurline St. SSW 189° 992m
2.34km 1.65km Three Sisters Lookout N 960m
2.34km 0km Great views of the cliffs and valley from the lookouts here. NE 23° 960m
2.57km 0.23km Follow Cliff Drive NE 37° 978m
4.86km 2.29km Climbs up. ESE 104° 941m
5.88km 1.02km Left on Leura Mall. NNE 13° 961m
6.87km 0.99km Leura Main street of Leura. Bit of a climb. Tourist centre. Can avoid by a right at Megalong and left on one of the streets off Megalong. NNE 13° 977m
7.08km 0.21km Right at roundabout onto Railway Pde. ESE 94° 984m
9.33km 2.25km Left on Highway. Wait for a gap in traffic and move across to the right turn lane NW 299° 929m
9.54km 0.21km Right at Sinclair Crescent. E 88° 926m
11.51km 1.97km Wentworth Falls Pretty lake here. E 75° 887m
12.32km 0.81km Left onto Railway Pde S 176° 871m
19.34km 7.02km Lawson Use underpass to get to other side of the railway. SE 124° 733m
19.47km 0.13km Take Honour Ave to bypass Highway. Nice bushland away from the highway but steep uphill section coming up to Hazelbrook. Alternative would be to stay on highway from Lawson. SE 115° 736m
21.46km 1.99km Becomes Baths Rd. Nice bushland. NE 43° 661m
22.08km 0.62km Climbs up. NE 27° 641m
22.65km 0.57km Hazelbrook SSE 137° 676m
25.83km 3.18km Woodford Woodford Station on left. E 79° 611m
26.26km 0.43km Left on Station St. Crosses Highway on an overbridge. Have to back track a bit on Station St to get onto Highway. NNW 359° 619m
26.91km 0.64km Woodford Left turn. Join Highway. Good shoulder to Linden. Shoulder tends to narrow approaching Faulconbridge. Take the lane more when it does. ESE 97° 600m
33.41km 6.51km Shoulder is narrow along here. Move out a bit if traffic allows. S 159° 441m
34.63km 1.22km Faulconbridge Right at lights onto Sir Henry Parkes Pde SSE 154° 451m
34.8km 0.17km Oak trees planted here in honour of past Prime Ministers. E 81° 450m
37.53km 2.73km Springwood Plenty of bakeries for a lunch stop. Keep on Maquarie Rd after Springwood, on right of highway NE 40° 371m
38.85km 1.32km Keep left on Tusculum Rd. Then keep on Tusculum Rd (dont go under the railway just ahead) ESE 99° 355m
39.97km 1.12km Valley Heights Tusculum becomes Green Pde, still on right of railway. S 170° 324m
41.15km 1.17km Sun Valley Green becomes Waratah Rd SE 130° 297m
42.34km 1.19km Road bends to the left. Dont miss a sharp left to an underpass of the highway. NNE 280m
42.43km 0.09km Right onto Railway Pde ENE 65° 279m
43.22km 0.8km Warrimoo ESE 99° 272m
46.19km 2.97km Blaxland ESE 98° 234m
46.6km 0.41km Old Bathurst Rd on left. SSE 141° 231m
47km 0.4km Left at Mitchells Pass Rd SE 122° 216m
48.79km 1.79km Lennox Bridge. Built in 1830's. Beautiful old stone structure. Good lunch spot. Road is one way from here. Sometimes get speeding cars along here and it is steep downhill. ENE 46° 188m
50.14km 1.35km Mitchells Pass Rd ends. Joins Old Great Western Highway. E 72° 84m
51.12km 0.99km Emu Plains Great Western Highway. Has a shoulder and not that much traffic. E 83° 32m
53.75km 2.63km Cross over here to footpath on other side to access the footpath across the bridge ahead. ENE 58° 32m
54km 0.25km Bridge over Nepean River. Take the lane if not using the footpath on other side. SE 117° 27m
54.62km 0.62km Stay on footpath up to lights. SE 121° 26m
54.96km 0.34km At lights join Castlereagh Rd and get into the correct lane to make a right turn ahead. Can be busy so take care. NE 37° 29m
55.11km 0.16km Right on to Jane St W 270° 27m
55.82km 0.71km Penrith End at Station. With a bit of luck you will be able to catch the 2.30 pm express back to Central. ESE 95° 29m