The state parks of New South Wales are 18

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

reserved for camping, water sports and recreational uses. State parks are maintained by the New South Wales Department of Lands and managed by community trust boards. They are: * Bellinger Heads State Park, near Coffs Harbour at the mouth of the Bellinger and Kalang Rivers. * Belmont State Park,

Lake Macquarie The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is ...

(or Belmont Wetlands), of wetlands and dunes, established as a state park in 2005. * Burrinjuck Waters State Park (officially Burrinjuck State Recreation Area) , near Yass, of bushland on the southern escarpment of Mount Barren Jack. * Coffs Coast State Park (officially Coffs Coast Regional Park) , near Coffs Harbour . * Copeton Waters State Park (officially Copeton State Recreation Area) near

Armidale Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. I ...

, on the southern shore of

Copeton Dam Copeton Dam is a major clay core and rock fill embankment dam with nine radial gates and a gated concrete chute spillway across the Gwydir River upstream of Bingara in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose incl ...

on the

Gwydir River Gwydir River (locally wɑe̯də, a major inland perennial river of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands, North West Slopes, and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia. Th ...

* Cronulla State Park. * Goolawah State Park, near Crescent Head. *

Grabine Lakeside State Park The state parks of New South Wales are 18 protected areas in New South Wales, Australia reserved for camping, water sports and recreational uses. State parks are maintained by the New South Wales Department of Lands and managed by community ...

, , near Bigga, near

Wyangala Dam Wyangala Dam is a major gated rock fill with clay core embankment and gravity dam with eight radial gates and a concrete chute spillway across the Lachlan River, located in the south-western slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The ...

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Harrington Beach State Park Harrington Beach State Park is a Wisconsin state park on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Town of Belgium. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a lake that used to be a stone quarry. The park p ...

, of ocean beaches adjoining

Crowdy Head Crowdy Head is a headland on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, 7km from Harrington between Forster and Port Macquarie. The head is mostly cleared and was quarried between 1895 and 1901 for the Manning River Manning River (Biripi: ' ...

. *

Jervis Bay State Park Jervis may refer to: Places * Cape Jervis, South Australia * Jervis Shopping Centre, Dublin * Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, an ocean bay and a village * Jervis Inlet, British Columbia, Canada * Jervis Island, now known as Rábida Island ...

. * Killalea State Park (officially Killalea State Recreation Area) , near

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

, is a reserve covering approximately of coastal land. It was named for Edward Killelea, a previous owner. It used to be a dairy farm. It is situated on the southern part of Bass Point, a peninsula south of Shellharbour. It includes a lagoon, Killalea Lagoon, two popular surfing beaches that are part of a national surfing reserve and camping grounds. The two beaches are called Mystics and The Farm, also known as Minnamurra and Killalea respectively. The reserve's southern extremity is the northern side of the entrance to the Minnamurra River. It also incorporates Stack Island, a small rocky island just offshore from the entrance. *

Lake Burrendong State Park The state parks of New South Wales are 18 protected areas in New South Wales, Australia reserved for camping, water sports and recreational uses. State parks are maintained by the New South Wales Department of Lands and managed by community ...

, near

Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...

, near

Mumbil Mumbil is a town in the east of central New South Wales, Australia. The town is within Dubbo Regional Council, part of the Orana Region, north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Mumbil and the surrounding area had a population of 421. ...

on the southwestern shore of Lake Burrendong. * Lake Glenbawn State Park (officially Lake Glenbawn State Recreation Area) , in the Upper Hunter Valley. * Lake Keepit State Park (officially Lake Keepit State Recreation Area) , between Tamworth and

Narrabri Narrabri ( ) is a locality and seat of Narrabri Shire local government area in the North West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia on the Namoi River, northwest of Sydney. It sits on the junction of the Kamilaroi Highway and the Newell Highw ...

, on Lake Keepit and the

Namoi River The Namoi River, a major perennial river that is part of the Barwon catchment of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia. The Namoi River rises on the west ...

. * Living Desert State Park, near

Broken Hill Broken Hill is an inland mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. It is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), in the Barrier Range. It is ...

. * Manning Entrance State Park, of ocean beaches on the

Manning River Manning River (Birpai language, Biripi: ''Boolumbahtee''), an open and Breakwater (structure), trained mature wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast ...

. * Wallaga Lake State Park . * Wyangala Waters State Park , near Cowra.

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External links

State parks information at the Department of Lands website
Lists of tourist attractions in New South Wales * Lists of parks in Australia

See also

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