Echo Point

Echo Point is a renowned lookout in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, within Blue Mountains National Park. Perched on the escarpment edge, it offers panoramic views of the Jamison Valley, the iconic Three Sisters rock formation and extensive eucalypt forest. Established as a formal lookout in the early 20th century, it is the most visited viewpoint in the Blue Mountains and serves as a gateway to cliff-top walks and valley tracks.

Visitors can expect a large paved lookout precinct on the cliff edge with multiple viewing platforms overlooking the Three Sisters, Jamison Valley and Blue Mountains National Park. The area includes interpretive signage, paved cliff-top paths, access to the Giant Stairway and Prince Henry Cliff Walk, and the Echo Point Visitor Information Centre with exhibits and a shop. The setting is open and exposed with expansive valley and forest views, busy during midday and quieter at sunrise and sunset.

Echo Point was developed as a formal tourist lookout in the early 20th century to showcase views of the Jamison Valley and the Three Sisters. The lookout and associated cliff-top reserves were incorporated into Blue Mountains National Park, established in 1959, and the area has been progressively upgraded with paved lookouts, the Giant Stairway (constructed in the early 1930s) and visitor facilities to manage high visitation.

The landscape viewed from Echo Point, including the Three Sisters and Jamison Valley, is of cultural significance to the Gundungurra and Darug peoples as part of Country. The Three Sisters is associated with an Aboriginal Dreaming story, interpreted at the site through signage and at the visitor centre, reflecting ongoing connection of Traditional Owners to the Blue Mountains.