Glenrock State Conservation Area

Glenrock State Conservation Area is a 534-hectare coastal reserve between Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, stretching from Merewether to Dudley. Managed by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, it protects coastal heath, rainforest gullies, Glenrock Lagoon and Burwood Beach. Notable for its extensive walking and mountain biking trail network, Aboriginal heritage and historic coal-mining relics, it offers beach, lagoon and bushland experiences close to urban areas.

Visitors can expect a coastal bushland reserve with sandy beaches, a coastal lagoon, rainforest gullies and heathland. The area contains a network of walking tracks and dedicated mountain bike trails, lookouts over the coastline, picnic areas and historic mining relics. Burwood Beach and Glenrock Lagoon are central features, with opportunities for surfing, swimming, bushwalking, mountain biking, birdwatching and photography in a natural setting close to Newcastle suburbs.