Rock Forest
- Local Government Area
- Bathurst
- Postcode
- 2795
- Population
- 149
- Area
- 92.40 km²
- Coordinates
- -33.3574, 149.3914
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Rock Forest
Rock Forest is a rural locality in the Central Tablelands, roughly 25 kilometres north-west of Bathurst and 35 kilometres from Orange. Known for its proximity to the Ophir goldfields site of Australia's first payable gold discovery in 1851, the area features gently undulating pastoral country and notable ancient geological formations.
Nearby localities
- Watton 6 km
- Vittoria (NSW) 8 km
- The Rocks (Bathurst Regional - NSW) 9 km
- Milkers Flat 9 km
- Billywillinga 9 km
- Freemantle 9 km