Cumberland State Forest - 95 Castle Hill Rd West Pennant Hills

Cumberland State Forest is a great outing in the Hills District for bush walking, exploring and picinics. There is no entry fee, it also has a cafe and for the green thumbs there is also a Natives nursery. There are three bush walking tracks all varying in difficulty from a easy 30 min walk to two moderate tracks each taking about and hour to complete. Below we have outlined the facilities available.

Toilets:
Yes there are two toilet blocks near the information centre and cafe.
BBQs:
Four electric push button available, two in the Shepherds picnic area and two in the Calgaroo picnic area.  The Shepherds picnic area is bounded by entry road and carpark so keep an eye on the little ones.

Bins:

There are recycling and general waste bins in all the picnic areas.
Seating:
Plenty of log seating on walking trails, picnic table and chairs, as well as seating undercover in two gazebos by the Sensory trail and Palm Gully trail.
Shade:
Plenty of natural shade from forest canopy, as well as covered shelters in picnis areas
Bike/Walking Tracks:
3 Walking trails - Sensory Trail (Easy 30mins), Palm Gully Trail (Mod 60mins) Forestry Trail (Mod 60mins)
Playground Equipment:
No playground equipment.Open Spaces:
No open spaces just a small grassy area to the left of the information centre.
Carparking/Accessiblity:Plenty of carparking available with disabled carparks also. There is also wheelchair access to cafe.

Water Bubblers:

Yes these are scattered throughout the park.

Fenced:No fenced areas.

Gated:

Yes the forest park is gated and the hours are 830am to 500pm everyday, with extended hours till 600pm during daylight savings. It is closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Entry fee:

No entry fee
Unique Attractions:
The information centre has a great touch table that the littlies will love with bug samples, seed pods and animal skulls, there is also a naughts and crosses game outside the info centre made of tree stumps.  The forest also runs an activity program for kids and families on weekends and during school holidays. These activities do incur a small cost more details are available on their website - http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forests/info/escape

Information board, behind is toilets, cafe and info centre.

Touch Table inside the information centre.

A bridge on the Sensory Track