Darkes Forest
- Local Government Area
- Wollongong
- Postcode
- 2508
- Population
- 95
- Area
- 25.55 km²
- Coordinates
- -34.2156, 150.9089
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Darkes Forest
Darkes Forest is a rural locality in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, straddling the boundary of the City of Wollongong and the Wollondilly Shire on the edge of the Illawarra escarpment. The area has a history of farming and orcharding, together with shale and coal mining, and is bordered to the west by Dharawal National Park.
Nearby localities
- Maddens Plains 6 km
- Stanwell Tops 6 km
- Woronora Dam 6 km
- Coalcliff 7 km
- Stanwell Park 7 km
- Scarborough (NSW) 7 km