Glow Worm Tunnel walking track

Walk · Wollemi National Park · Blue Mountains, NSW

Photo: Mountain Ash, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Glow Worm Tunnel near Newnes is a 400 m tunnel built in the early 1900s as part of the mining-era railway, now home to thousands of glow worms, reached via a 6 km return, 2-3 hour Grade 3 walking track.

Visitors to the Glow Worm Tunnel are asked to switch off torches and keep noise to a minimum because the glow worms are highly sensitive to sound.

From NSW National Parks and NSW National Parks.

Closest campgrounds

Newnes Ruins Road North campground

Newnes · 7 km away in a straight line

Cricket Pitch Campground (Newnes Campground)

Newnes · 7 km away in a straight line

Newnes Campground

Newnes · 8 km away in a straight line

Glen Davis Reserve Campground

Glen Davis · 14 km away in a straight line

Deep Pass Campground

Newnes Plateau · 14 km away in a straight line

More walks and nature nearby

Newnes shale oil ruins walk · 8 km →Perrys Lookdown · 42 km →Govetts Leap Falls · 45 km →Beauchamp Falls · 47 km →Wentworth Falls Lake · 53 km →Leura Cascades walk · 55 km →

Camping in the Blue Mountains →

Location from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are in a straight line, so the drive or walk is longer. Check the park’s own site for track closures and conditions before you go.