Welcome to Nangar National Park!
Nangar National Park is located in the Central West of NSW between Orange and Forbes.
Nangar Park is home to 4 different walking tracks including Mount Murga Walking Track, Chinamans Garden Walking Track, Mount Nangar Walking Track, and Mount Murga to Mount Nangar Loop Walk!
Enjoy the views and scenery at Mount Nangar Lookout or take a break at the Dripping Rock Picnic Area.
With so much to see and do, Nangar National Park will take a number of visits to fully explore! Read on to find out more.
Here’s a quick look at Nangar National Park:
Let’s Walk Nangar National Park
Mount Murga Walking Track
8km, 5 – 6 hours return.
Adventure along the ridgeline along the side of Mount Murga. This walk will take you along the old bulldozer track through red stringybark and scribbly gum woodland. The walk culminates in a view of the entire valley, through the trees and the northern farmland. If Australian native flora is an interest you will find plenty of wattle and goodenia blooming in spring and early summer months.
If you’d like to extend your walk backtrack to where the Mount Murga Trail meets the Mount Murga – Nangar Link Track. This 5km detour will take you along Mount Murga to the Mount Nangar Lookout.
Grade 5
Chinamans Garden Walking Track
7.5km, 5 hours return
Walk along Chinamans Garden Walking Track east of Terarra Creek campground and picnic area. This walking track winds uphill through white box, stringybark, and scribbly gum woodlands.
This walking track can be extended by combining your walk with other hikes along Nangar National Park.
Chinamans Garden Walking Track takes its name from the Chinese miners who cultivated a garden in the area.
If you have a love of native animals or enjoy a spot of birdwatching, keep an eye out for wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, and even lorikeets and parrots. You’ll hear the sounds of wildlife across your walk.
Grade 4
Mount Nangar Walking Track
6km, 5 – 6 hours return
The Mount Nangar Walking Track leads to the best views of Nangar National Park, the lookout. The Mount Nangar Walking Track begins at Dropping Rock and through open country.
Markers will guide you uphill through ironbark and red stingy bark woodland.
At the peak you will find the lookout along with a spot to rest or enjoy a picnic at the picnic area. From the lookout you will also be able to see Mount Canobolas and Orange.
Once you reach the top you can go back or extend your walk through to Mount Murga and Mount Nangar Loop Walk.
Please note that the road to the lookout may be closed after heavy rain.
Grade 5
Mount Murga to Mount Nangar Loop Walk
16km loop, 7 – 9 hours
Challenge yourself to the Mount Murga to Mount Nangar Loop Walk. This all day hike begins at Terrara Creek Campground and Picnic Area and follows the fire trail to Mount Murga Walking Track.
At the top of Mount Murga you have two options, you can take the scenic route which consists of a 650m detour featuring views of the countryside. Or you may turn at the signpost onto the Mount Murga – Nangar Link Track.
Once you reach the Mount Nangar Lookout you can rest and enjoy the view across Mount Canobolas.
The home stretch takes you down towards Dripping Rock and back along the fire trail to Terarra Creek Campground and Picnic Area, where you began.
Grade 5
About Mount Nangar
Campground Facilities
Terarra Creek Campground and Picnic Area offers and information centre, public toilets, picnic area, campground, caravan site, wood barbecue, lookout, and walking tracks.
For a more comfortable stay, book accommodation at Eddy’s of Canowindra Group Accommodation at https://www.eddysofcanowindra.com.au/
Where to?
Nangar National Park is in Central West NSW, enter via The Escort Way.
From Eugowra drive 10km along The Escort Way, or from Orange, drive 70km along The Escort Way.
Turn onto Dripping Rock Road and the park is only a 2.5km drive.
Flora and Fauna
The woodlands around Nangar National Park are home to grey box, white box, Blakely’s red gum, red stringybark, mugga ironbark, eucalyptus, blackpine, and tumblebown gum. After the rain wildflowers like Terarra Creek’s river bottlebrush are also fairly common. Other shrubs include spider flowers, thyme spurge, nodding blue lily and waxlip orchids.
For lovers of wildlife and birdwatchers, Nangar National Park is also home to wrens, thornbills, falcons, hawks, peregrine falcons, and glossy black cockatoos. And if you are lucky you may also see Eastern grey kangaroos and grey, redneck and swamp wallabies in the area.