Box Head NSW 2257

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Umina Beach Public School
  • Pretty Beach Public School
• 2 parks

  • Paul Landa Reserve
  • Waterfront Reserve
• 14 beaches

  • Pearl Beach
  • Flannel Flower Beach
  • West Head Beach
  • Iron Ladder Beach
  • Umina Beach
  • Station Beach
  • Resolute Beach
  • Little Tallow Beach
  • Flint and Steel Beach
  • Ocean Beach

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• 2 Catholic churches

  • St John the Baptist Church
  • Maria Regina Catholic Church
• 6 hospitals

  • Woy Woy Public Hospital
  • Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
  • Arcadia Pittwater Private Hospital
  • Mona Vale Hospital
  • Central Coast Day Hospital
  • Think Well Hypnotherapy
• 1 library

  • Umina Public Library
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Palm Beach Yoga
  • First Class Fitness
• 3 golf clubs

  • Palm Beach Golf Course
  • Everglades Golf Club
  • Avalon Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • mycar
• 7 places to stay

  • Pearl Beach Holiday house
  • NRMA Ocean Beach Holiday Park
  • The Old School House
  • Patonga Foreshore Caravan & Camping Area
  • Mantra Ettalong Beach
  • Ettalong Beach Tourist Resort
  • Ettalong Beach Village Tourist Park

Getting around. Train station: Woy Woy, 8 km north · Ferry wharf: Seaplane Wharf, 3.4 km south · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 3.4 km south.

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Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 42.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

27,791 bird observations recorded near Box Head — most often seen:

• Little Penguin (4,913)
• White-cheeked Honeyeater (2,315)
• New Holland Honeyeater (1,744)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,740)
• Australian Brush-turkey (1,301)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,144)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,137)
• Eastern Spinebill (1,096)
• Noisy Miner (989)
• Australian Magpie (973)
• Little Wattlebird (852)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (826)
• Silver Gull (780)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Box Head:

• Pearl Beach (2 km)
• Great Mackerel Beach (4.1 km)
• Pretty Beach (4.4 km)
• Wagstaffe (4.4 km)
• Umina Beach (4.4 km)
• Patonga (4.5 km)
• Currawong Beach (4.6 km)
• Ettalong Beach (5 km)

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