Mount Sugarloaf Summit is located in West Wallsend (25km west of Newcastle) and offers fabulous views of the surrounding countryside from a fenced lookout. The summit gives 360-degree views amongst three television transmitters of the coast and mountains. There is a black stone direction table to help you locate landmarks in the surrounding country. Mount Sugarloaf, also known as Great Sugar Loaf, is an extinct volcano. Unusually, on the 18th and 19th of July 1965, the mountain received 10 centimetres (4 in) of snow. It also snowed on the summit in the winter of 1975 .
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