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Glen Alpine

Glen Alpine is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The place

Glen Alpine is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glen Alpine is located 56 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Glen Alpine

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Mount Annan Botanic Garden

    The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan is a 416-hectare botanical garden located in a hilly area of the South Western Sydney suburb of Mount Annan, between Campbelltown and Camden, New South Wales. It is the largest botanical garden in Australia, specializing in native plants, with a collection of over 4000 species.

    2.7 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Macarthur Square

    Macarthur Square is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre located in the south western Sydney suburb of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was developed by Lendlease and GPT Group, opening on 10 September 1979.

    2.1 km · shopping mall in Campbelltown, New South Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Glenalvon House

    Glenalvon House is a heritage-listed homestead located at 8 Lithgow Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed and built in 1841 by Michael Byrne.

    3.7 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Menangle Park railway station

    Menangle Park railway station is located on the Main Southern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Menangle Park, opening on 26 September 1937.

    4 km · Menangle Park, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    UWS Rotary Observatory

    Campbelltown Rotary Observatory in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, was opened in 2000 and is owned by Western Sydney University. It consists of twin domes of 4.5m and 2.9m diameter.

    2.6 km · observatory in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Dredges Cottage

    Dredges Cottage is a heritage-listed former cottage and now office located at 303 Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia. The property is owned by Campbelltown City Council.

    3.3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Queen Street Buildings

    Queen Street Buildings are a group of heritage-listed former shops and hotel at 284–298 Queen Street, Campbelltown, in the City of Campbelltown local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The structures were built by John Doyle, William Bursill, and Cobb and Bocking.

    3.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Campbelltown Branch

    Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Campbelltown Branch is a heritage-listed former restaurant, offices and bank building and now medical centre located at 263 Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Mansfield Brothers and built from 1874 to 1881.

    3.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Glenlee, Menangle Park

    Glenlee is a heritage-listed rural property on the urban fringe of Sydney, Australia. Located on Glenlee Road, Menangle Park, New South Wales, the homestead and outbuildings were designed by Henry Kitchen and built from 1824 to 1859 by Robert Gooch and Nathaniel Payton.

    2.5 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Helen's Park

    St Helen's Park is a heritage-listed former school, experimental farm, private residence and guesthouse and now homestead located at St Helens Park Drive, St Helens Park, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Allen Mansfield and built in 1887 by George Lusted.

    2.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Glen Alpine

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 40 km · Newcastle (NTL), 174 km
Stations
Campbelltown railway station, 4 km · Macarthur railway station, 2.3 km
  • Williamtown → Glen Alpine
    172 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · A$27–36
  • Melbourne → Glen Alpine
    668 km · quickest by air, 6h 30m · A$290–420
  • Gold Coast → Glen Alpine
    722 km · quickest by air, 6h 28m · A$280–420
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Glen Alpine

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Glen Alpine. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in(*partial-exits) If you are travelling out from the city (or from Sydney Airport) towards the south-west for a day trip you'll be moving against the peak, and can expect a quick run on the motorway.

From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Macarthur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,013 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,068 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,247 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,879 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,253 km

If you know how people move in Glen Alpine – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Glen Alpine

Glen Alpine is 46 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Airdssuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
  • Mount Annansuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km
  • Bradburysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.2 km
  • Ambarvalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.7 km
  • Gileadsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
  • St Helens Parklocality in New South Wales, Australia2.9 km