Lane Cove National Park is a sprawling protected national park located in New South Wales, Australia. Covering an area of 372 hectares (920 acres), the park is situated about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the Sydney central business district.
It offers various vegetation types such as wet and dry sclerophyll forest, heathland, mangroves, and tidal flats.
The park includes areas of land that are part of Ku-ring-gai, Ryde, and Hornsby local government areas, with small areas in Willoughby, Lane Cove, and Hunter's Hill. Surrounded by suburban areas, the park comprises rugged terrain covered by dense bush, providing opportunities for bushwalking. Some parts of the park are affected by weed infestations.
In the 1920s, the park was set aside as a central section and developed with picnic areas along the riverbanks. A weir constructed in the 1930s near Fullers Bridge converted a section of the river into a freshwater area suitable for recreational use. Fishing is allowed in parts of the Lane Cove River, and a fish ladder has been constructed to allow Australian bass to access freshwater breeding grounds upstream.
Today, the park is popular among walkers, joggers, and cyclists. It forms part of the Great North Walk from Sydney CBD to Newcastle and includes old logging trails. The Lane Cove River Tourist Park, operated by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, is located within the national park.
The park is home to a variety of native flora, including grass-trees, smooth-barked apples, old man banksias, flannel flowers, scribbly gums, and Wonga Wonga vines. It offers a natural landscape of towering gum trees