Terrey Hills, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Terrey Hills, in the Northern Beaches Council local government area.
| Locality | Terrey Hills |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Northern Beaches Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -33.69117 |
| Longitude | 151.2198 |
| Area | 9.0 km² |
| Postcode | 2084 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 20 km north |
Terrey Hills is a locality in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 9.0 km². It lies approximately 20 km north of Sydney. Terrey Hills is located at 33.6912°S, 151.2198°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2084.
Terrey Hills sits at the edge of Sydney's northern sprawl, a place where the suburban dream begins to fray at the edges, surrendering to the wilder heart of the bush. It lies 9.2 km north-west of Dee Why, NSW (from Dee Why, NSW: bearing 316°T), and is situated 10.6 km south-west of Pittwater. Here, the land rises and falls with a gentle, almost hesitant, swell, cloaked in a dense mantle of eucalypt forest. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a cool, damp scent of leaf litter and damp earth, a world away from the salty tang of the coast just a few kilometres east. Sunlight, when it filters through the canopy, paints shifting mosaics on the winding roads, and the silence, broken only by the calls of unseen birds and the distant hum of traffic, feels vast and ancient. It's a landscape that whispers of something older, a quiet resilience beneath the encroaching settlements.
This locality owes its character to a history intertwined with the ambitious growth of the city and the enduring presence of the natural environment. Early land grants, often for timber-getting and small-scale farming, laid the groundwork for the scattered residences and acreage properties that define Terrey Hills today. While the surrounding areas have embraced dense housing, Terrey Hills has retained a more generous spacing, its economy shifting from its agricultural roots to a blend of local services catering to its residents and a quiet tourism drawn to the nearby national parks. The imposing sandstone outcrops and the winding creeks that snake through the terrain hint at a geological past, a constant reminder of the deep time that underpins the everyday routines of its inhabitants.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Terrey Hills, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Terrey Hills, in the Northern Beaches Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Terrey Hills includes the postcode (2084), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Northern Beaches Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Terrey Hills is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |