Govetts Leap lookout

Take in the iconic Blue Mountains views from accessible Govetts Leap lookout, including sandstone escarpments, sheer cliff walls, the deep canyons of the Grose Valley, and tall waterfalls. Accessible lookout. BACKSTORY: Govetts Leap Falls in Blackheath were named after William Romaine Govett, a Government Surveyor who discovered the falls around 1831. The name "Govetts Leap" was given by Major Mitchell, the Surveyor-General, to honour Govett, his assistant surveyor. Contrary to popular local legend about a bushranger named Govett who supposedly leapt to his death at the falls, the name actually refers to the waterfall itself rather than any such dramatic event. The term "leap" in this context derives from an old Scottish word meaning waterfall or cataract. The falls are also known as Bridal Veil Falls and have a single drop of about 180 meters into the Grose Valley. The sculpture near the falls commemorates not the surveyor's leap but a myth connected to the area. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/lookouts/govetts-leap-lookout