Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson is a historic mountain village in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, located north of Bell off the Bells Line of Road. Situated at around 1,000 metres elevation, it is renowned for its cool-climate heritage gardens, rainforest and cathedral-like bushland. Established in the 1870s as a hill retreat, it is notable for autumn foliage, exotic plantings and protected Blue Mountains National Park surrounds.

Visitors can expect a quiet village setting surrounded by dense temperate rainforest and large heritage gardens. Public areas include Cathedral Reserve with tall rainforest trees, picnic areas and walking tracks such as the Cathedral Reserve circuit and Waterfall Reserve walks. Many private gardens with exotic trees, maples and cool-climate plantings open seasonally to visitors. The village has no shops, with a focus on garden viewing, bushwalking, photography and nature appreciation.