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Red Hands Cave Walking Track - Blue Mountains National Park
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Blue Mountains National Park
12 current alerts · Checked 14 Oct 2026, 8:05 am
- Fire bansUntil 31 Mar 2027
Park Fire Ban - Blue Mountains National Park
A park fire ban is in place in this park and remains in effect unless otherwise extended or removed. During park fire ban periods, all campfire and solid fuel (wood, heat beads, charcoal, briquettes, hexamine) barbecues and stoves are prohibited. Gas and electric barbecues and cookers are permitted as long as:
- They're under direct control of an adult
- The ground within 2m of the barbecue is cleared of all flammable materials
- There's an adequate supply of water (minimum of a bucket)
However the following campgrounds are exempt:
- Galon Cabins
- Murphy's Campground
- Dunphy's Campground
- Burralow Creek Campground
- Euroka Campground
- Mount Werong Campground
If a Total Fire Ban is in place, different rules apply. Contact the local park office before bringing a gas or electric barbecue or cooker.
Penalties apply for non-compliance. For more information about fire bans in parks and reserves including your responsibilities, visit the NSW National Parks fire safety page.
About
Red Hands Cave walking track, in Blue Mountains National Park, offers impressive Aboriginal stencil art with picnicking and birdwatching, near Glenbrook.
This track has most likely been used by the Darug people for thousands of years, and you too can walk in their footsteps. Red Hands Cave walking track, in the Glenbrook region of Blue Mountains National Park, winds through remote bushland to one of the best Aboriginal stencil galleries in the Sydney Basin.
From Glenbrook Causeway, follow the medium track along Campfire Creek where you’ll see axe grinding grooves on the water’s edge. Keeping to the right at the track junction, you might see eastern water dragons sunning themselves. Climbing steadily through the gully, you’ll reach the sandstone overhang of Red Hands Cave.
Enjoy a picnic lunch while taking in the unspoilt bush, as rainbow lorikeets and gang gangs chatter above. Retrace your steps or continue the longer loop walk. For a refreshing swim, detour via the swimming holes along Blue Pool walking track.
The walk at a glance
Glenbrook area · Blue Mountains National Park · Sydney and surrounds · Country NSW
Red Hands Cave walking track, in Blue Mountains National Park, offers impressive Aboriginal stencil art with picnicking and birdwatching, near Glenbrook.
- Difficulty
- Grade 3 · Moderate
- Distance
- 8km loop
- Time
- 1hr 30min - 2hrs 30min
- Entry
- Park entry fees apply
What to bring
- Drinking water
- Hat
- Sunscreen
- Compass
- Gps
- Topographic map
Plan your walk
Access, facilities and practical details.
Frequently asked questions
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Reviews & Ratings
r2thebizel
Google review
Stunning forest which is either a 2 hour loop from here or a 1 hour - 1 hour 30 of moderating hiking if you drive up to the carpark. And for those who really don’t want a hike, you can get to the cave within about 10 minutes of the carpark.
TrishF
Google review
Fantastic walk in the beautiful Blue Mountains. It’s was an easy walk with just a little rock hopping. Stairs carved into rocks plus lots of timber steps built in. The track follows the creek & is mostly shaded. While it’s not hard you will need to be reasonably fit. The walk up from the causeway is on the steep hairpin bends.
Vanessa
Google review
Really good if it’s okay to cross the flooded road or there’s no flooding. We waded ankle deep across the road and got past it no problem and enjoyed a very relaxing walk with no one else on the trail. Only thing is one of us caught a leech on the last lag of the return. The red hands cave was very cool and looks like there’s a pretty active wombat community along the trail based on the left behinds we saw!
Sean Seery
Google review
Best time of the year to walk / run this track is the cooler months, I used this track as part of my trail run today, the creek has running water in it at the moment, conditions are cool, not cold, track condition is excellent. This is a great walk / run, be sure to bring water with you, good set of walking or running shoes with good grip.
James Vilcek
Google review
Great little walk around the lower mountains national Park. At a brisk pace with just a light pack you could do the return trip in 2 hours, including a stop at the amazing Red hand rock painting cave.
Before you set off
Opening times
If you’re driving into the Glenbrook area, the gates are open:
First Sunday in October to first Sunday in April 8.30am to 7pm
Rest of year 8.30am to 6pm
Get in touch
Website
Visit websitePark office
02 4720 6200Where you'll be
Bruce Road
Glenbrook NSW 2773