Maps

Trail Notes

Download the trail descriptions of directions and facilities. CWC-ANTICLOCKWISE_trip_notes V3 or CWC CLOCKWISE trip notes V4. The CWC trail follows the quiet backroads in a circuit through Mudgee-Gulgong-Dunedoo- Mendooran-Ballimore-Dubbo-Geurie-Wellington-Goolma-Gulgong to Mudgee. A few busier sections have to be traversed as links to the next quiet road.  A circuit distance of 400 km. The trail can be ridden in full, or just sections. There is adventure and fun on the roads less travelled!

Signage

The CWC has signage to help provide assurance you are on the right track. BUT do not rely on signage to make your way around the route, signs go missing and are not at every turn. There is a system to the signage – with black arrows for the route in the anticlockwise direction and the white arrows for clockwise direction.

Maps

It is the electronic maps in sections 1 and 2 below that are the most update. Below is an expandable map that will provide greater detail as you enlarge.

  1. Map can be enlarged or reduced by using the + or – symbol on bottom right-hand corner of map allowing you to get excellent detail on sections.
  2. The route shows a distance of nearly 500 km, this is because to draft the map on one continuous line requires retracing some sections.
  3. Different basemaps are available by going to the top right hand corner open the text box with down arrow and clicking to open options (ie satellite, ESRI topographic etc).
  4. Not all basemaps have street/road names. RWGPS has a good system of street/road names.
    This map’s facilities will operate best on your mobile phone if you have the RideWithGPS app.

1. CWC (anti-clockwise route) using RidewithGPS app for navigation

  1. CWC Mudgee_Gulgong_Dunedoo_Mendooran via Cobbora 155km or
  2. CWC Mudgee_Gulgong_Dunedoo_Mendooran via Digilah 138km
  3. CWC Mendooran_Goonoo-Wellington-Mudgee 281km
  4. full CWC trail anti-clockwise with clickable routes

2. CWC (clockwise route) using RidewithGPS app for navigation

  1. CWC Mudgee-Wellington-Goonoo-Mendooran 281km
  2. CWC Mendooran-Mudgee via Cobbora 155km
  3. CWC Mendooran-Mudgee via Digilah 138km
  4. full CWC trail clockwise with clickable routes

3. GPX files of CWC

By downloading route Mudgee-Mendooran via Cobbora or Mudgee-Mendooran via Digilah and Mendooran-Goonoo-Wellington-Mudgee will give a full CWC loop. Downloading all three will give all route options with some overlapping sections (Mudgee _Gulgong_Dunedoo).

  1. CWC Mudgee_Mendooran via Cobbora or CWC Mudgee_Mendooran via Digilah
  2. CWC Mendooran_Goonoo_Wellington_Mudgee

4. Individual legs of CWC using RidewithGPS app for navigation (anticlockwise)

  1. Mudgee Gulgong 30kms
  2. Gulgong Dunedoo 58km
  3. Dunedoo – Mendooran via Cobbora 67km or Dunedoo – Mendooran via Digilah 51km
  4. Mendooran-Ballimore_via_Deaman’s Trail_ 63km or 4b Mendooran_Ballimore via Forest Rd (short route) 53 km
  5. Ballimore _Wongarbon 30km
  6. Wongarbon-Dubbo-Wongarbon 38km or 6a Dubbo-Geurie via Old Dubbo Rd 32km
  7. Wongarbon_Geurie 12km
  8. Geurie Wellington 29km
  9. Wellington Goolma via Uamby 49km
  10. Goolma-Gulgong 31km

5. PDF maps from RidewithGPS of individual legs (anticlockwise)

  1. Mudgee to Gulgong 30km
  2. Gulgong to Dunedoo 58km
  3. Dunedoo to Mendooran via Cobbora 67km or Dunedoo to Mendooran via Digilah 51km
  4. Mendooran_Ballimore via Deadman’s Trail 63 km or Mendooran_Ballimore via Forest Rd (short route) 53 km
  5. Ballimore to Wongarbon 30km
  6. Wongarbon Dubbo Wongarbon 38km or Dubbo to Geurie via Old Dubbo Road 32km
  7. Wongarbon Geurie 12km
  8. Geurie Wellington 29km
  9. Wellington Goolma 49km
  10. Goolma Gulgong 31km

6. Adventure side-routes using RidewithGPS app for navigation (anticlockwise)

The ‘adventure routes’ are definitely more arduous and require greater care and at times greater technical riding skill if you do not want to dismount your bike. That said, many novice riders with care have undertaken these adventure routes. You need to be capable of lifting your bike and carrying it for very short distances, or able to use e-bike self-drive.

  1. Dunedoo Gulgong via Slap Dash Creek Adventure Trail 50.7km
  2. Wellington_Goolma via Uungula 64km

7. Local Loops Rides

Sometimes it is nice to lighten or take off the panniers and explore around one of the cornerstone towns of the CWC Trail. CLICK HERE for local loop rides you can undertake.

8. CWC to other trails by bicycle

Link route between CWC and OV &LV (Orange Villages and Lachlan Valley)

Geurie is mapped as the entry/exit point for the CWC trail. Manildra (town on Orange Villages Bicycle Trail) or Molong (town on Orange Villages Bicycle Trail and Lachlan Valley Cycle Trails – Orange Gravel option) are the entry/exit points for the Orange – Lachlan trails.

Links to each leg mapped on RidewithGPS:

Geurie to Yeoval 57 km https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42491964

Yeoval to Cumnock 50 km https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42491989

Cumnock to Molong via Bocoble Gap 64 km https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42492016

Cumnock to Manildra via Bocobra Rd 59 km https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42492045

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