Best Landmarks & Things to Do in Byron Bay

Byron Bay's landmark is its lighthouse on Cape Byron, mainland Australia's most easterly point, with the Cape Byron walking track, beaches and hinterland lookouts completing the set. The town's catalogue mixes natural icons with the laid-back attractions that made Byron famous — all ranked below by visitor ratings.

At the top of the Byron Bay list sit Cape Byron Lighthouse, Walgun Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Cape Byron Walking Track. Cape Byron Lighthouse (4.7/5 from 9,631 reviews) is the city's most reviewed landmark, making it the natural first stop for most visitors. Further down the rankings you will find Most Easterly Point of the Australian Mainland and Byron Bay Lighthouse, each with its own ratings breakdown on its landmark page.

By type, Byron Bay's landmarks are dominated by attractions, lookouts, parks and gardens, beaches and coast. Each category links through to a national list — useful if you are touring New South Wales and want to compare, say, every lookout or historic site along your route rather than just the ones in Byron Bay.

Beyond the famous names, Byron Bay holds some under-visited standouts. Wategos Beach (4.8/5 from 163 reviews), Captain Cook Lookout & Picnic Area (4.5/5 from 137 reviews) and The Wreck (4.7/5 from 108 reviews) all earn strong ratings from a smaller pool of reviewers — the kind of places locals rate highly but most itineraries skip. If you have already covered the top five, these are where the city's quieter rewards hide.

Byron Bay sits within easy reach of other landmark-rich New South Wales destinations. Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong are nearby and covered by their own ranked city pages, which makes combining stops straightforward. The state's best-of list places Byron Bay's landmarks in the wider New South Wales context, while each landmark page links to similar attractions nearby, so a single entry point can map out an entire region.

Every landmark page for Byron Bay includes the address, an interactive directions link, the visitor rating with review count, the landmark's rank within the city, answers to frequently asked questions and links to nearby and similar attractions. The data is refreshed periodically and every page carries its update date, so the rankings you see reflect the current picture. Start with Cape Byron Lighthouse, or open the full ranked list for Byron Bay and build your own itinerary.