Hartley Vale, 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 Hartley Vale, in the Lithgow City Council local government area.
| Locality | Hartley Vale |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Lithgow City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -33.53161 |
| Longitude | 150.22619 |
| Population | 61 |
| Density | 2.9 /km² |
| Area | 20.9 km² |
| Elevation | 827 m |
| Postcode | 2790 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 98 km west-northwest |
Hartley Vale 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 61. The locality covers an area of 20.9 km², giving a population density of about 2.9 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 827 m above sea level. It lies approximately 98 km west-northwest of Sydney. Hartley Vale is located at 33.5316°S, 150.2262°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2790. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Hartley Vale rests in a fold of the Blue Mountains, where the land dips and rises with a quiet persistence, its slopes cloaked in the deep greens of eucalypt and stringybark. It lies 51.2 km north-west of Glenmore Park, NSW (from Glenmore Park, NSW: bearing 304°T), and is situated 8.4 km south-east of Lithgow. The air here carries a crispness, a clean scent of damp earth and pine needles, particularly in the early morning when a pearly mist often clings to the hollows, blurring the sharp edges of the ridgelines. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a particular quality, a softened luminescence that seems to pool in the gullies and trace the rough bark of ancient trees, lending a hushed reverence to the landscape. The very shape of the terrain, a series of intersecting valleys and plateaus, suggests a slow, patient sculpting by water and wind over uncounted ages.
The history of Hartley Vale is deeply entwined with the coal that lies beneath its surface, a resource that once fueled a bustling industry and drew a hardy population to this remote pocket. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of mining carts are long gone, replaced by the whisper of wind through the now-quiet shafts, but the legacy remains, imprinted on the land and the memories of its people. Farming and grazing also played their part, with scattered properties still maintaining the quiet rhythm of rural life, their paddocks a patchwork of greens and golds against the wilder bushland. For the traveller, Hartley Vale offers a glimpse into a more deliberate pace, a place where the grandeur of the natural world still dictates the tempo of existence, and the scent of woodsmoke on a cool evening speaks of hearth and home.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Hartley Vale, 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 Hartley Vale, in the Lithgow City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Hartley Vale includes the postcode (2790), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Lithgow City Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner 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 Hartley Vale 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. |