The Bylong Valley is a winding but relatively flat valley that crosses the Great Dividing Range between the Goulburn River National Park and Wollemi National Park, west of the upper Hunter Valley. The Great Dividing Range, also known as the Eastern Highlands, is Australia 's most substantial Mountain range. Goulburn River National Park is in New South Wales, Australia, 280 km northwest of Sydney and it is 20km south-west of Merriwa. The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, extending from approximately to north of Sydney, Australia
The valley is split by a short ridge roughly one third of the way from its western end. The path across this ridge is steep and winding, and is known as Cox's Gap.
The Bylong Valley carries the Sandy Hollow railway line, which passes under Cox's Gap with a tunnel, and the Bylong Valley Way, which climbs over the ridge through the gap. Bylong Valley Way is a New South Wales country road linking the Golden Highway near Sandy Hollow to the Castlereagh Highway near Ilford
The boundary between Muswellbrook shire and the Mid-Western Regional Council area is right on the crest of Cox's Gap. Muswellbrook, originally known as 'Muswell Creek' is a town and Local Government Area (see Muswellbrook Shire Council) in New South Wales, Australia The Mid-Western Regional Council is a Local Government Area (LGA in the Central West of New South Wales.
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