Glen Davis, 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 Glen Davis, in the Lithgow City Council local government area.
| Locality | Glen Davis |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Lithgow City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -33.13247 |
| Longitude | 150.22145 |
| Population | 119 |
| Density | 0.3 /km² |
| Area | 358.3 km² |
| Elevation | 273 m |
| Postcode | 2846 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 123 km northwest |
Glen Davis is a locality in the Lithgow City Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 119. The locality covers an area of 358.3 km², giving a population density of about 0.3 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 273 m above sea level. It lies approximately 123 km northwest of Sydney. Glen Davis is located at 33.1325°S, 150.2215°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2846. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Glen Davis lies at the edge of the Capertee Valley, a place where the land folds and crumbles into dramatic sandstone cliffs, their ochre faces catching the afternoon sun. It lies 67.7 km east-north-east of Bathurst, NSW (from Bathurst, NSW: bearing 62°T), and is situated 39.1 km north of Lithgow. The valley floor, a patchwork of dry grass and stubborn scrub, slopes towards the narrow ribbon of the Capertee River, its banks fringed with hardy eucalypts. The air here carries a dry, dusty scent, tinged with the faint sweetness of wild herbs, and often a profound silence broken only by the calls of unseen birds or the whisper of wind through the sparse vegetation. The scale of the place is immense, the sky a vast dome that dwarfs the scattered homesteads and the winding, unsealed roads that connect them.
This rugged landscape was once the beating heart of a burgeoning oil shale industry, a chapter of determined enterprise that has left its mark on Glen Davis in the form of weathered mine entrances and the skeletal remains of processing plants. The boom times are long past, and the local economy now leans more towards the quiet pursuits of grazing and a growing trickle of travellers drawn to the raw beauty of the valley and its proximity to national parks. The ghosts of those miners and their families, who carved a life out of this challenging terrain, seem to linger in the stillness, a subtle undercurrent to the present-day peace.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Glen Davis, 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 Glen Davis, in the Lithgow City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Glen Davis includes the postcode (2846), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Lithgow City Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional 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 Glen Davis 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. |