Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Sugarloaf
Great Sugar Loaf
Mount Sugarloaf viewed from West Wallsend
Highest point
Elevation	412 m (1,352 ft)
Geography
Mount Sugarloaf Location in New South Wales
Location	Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia
Parent range	Sugarloaf Range
Topo map	NEWCASTLE 9232, WALLSEND 92323S
Climbing
Easiest route	Road to carpark at 370 m (1,214 ft), walking track to summit

Mount Sugarloaf, also known as Great Sugar Loaf, is a mountain in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, standing at 412 meters (1,352 feet), it looks over the cities of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland. The summit of the mountain is in the Lake Macquarie suburb of West Wallsend and access to the summit is gained via this suburb. However, the mountain itself is also part of the city of Cessnock suburbs Mulbring and Richmond Vale. It is home to television transmitters that broadcast to the lower Hunter region. On 18 and 19 July 1965, the mountain received 10 centimetres (4 in) of snow. It also snowed on the summit in the winter of 1975.

Smaller tower

There is a third smaller tower that has many directional antennae, mainly used for telecommunications, but also for two way radio for emergency services and other similar purposes. It has Telstra markings on much of the equipment and sheds.

Gallery

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  Looking toward Newcastle from the Mount Sugarloaf carpark

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  Transmission Tower at Mount Sugarloaf

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  Plaque commemorating the first recorded snowfall on the mountain in 1965

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  Mount Surgarloaf (just left of centre) as seen from inner city Newcastle

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  View from the top

Sugarloaf Range viewed from near Cockle Creek railway station, Boolaroo

Images for kids

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  G.H. Hammersley - Australia Illustrated, ca. 1777-1855. Mitchell Library, Stat Library of New South Wales.