Bylong, New South Wales

Bylong is a village in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way.

Bylong New South Wales
Bylong village
Bylong
Coordinates	32°25′0″S 150°07′0″E
Population	19 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	2849
LGA(s)	Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)	Hunter Parkes
Localities around Bylong: Coggan, New South Wales Wollar Bylong Murrumbo, New South Wales Barigan, New South Wales Budden, New South Wales Upper Bylong, New South Wales

The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse and sire Heroic was born in the area.

Bylong hosts an annual mouse racing event.

Access

Bylong can be accessed from the Hunter Valley by travelling west along the Golden Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way, one kilometre (one mile) before Sandy Hollow. If travelling from Ilford, Bylong can be accessed by travelling two kilometres (one mile) north along the Castlereagh Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Railways

Bylong has a railway crossing loop, one kilometre (one mile) east of Bylong on the Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line. The railway passes through a two-kilometre-long (one-mile) tunnel in the Bylong Range, eight kilometres (five miles) to the east-southeast (32°26′11.0″S 150°12′00.8″E) between the Bylong River and Murrumbo Creek valleys.

Preceding station	Former services			Following station
Akuna towards Gulgong		Sandy Hollow–Gulgong Line		Kerrabee towards Sandy Hollow