It is accessible from the village via a loop road and is the starting point of several bushwalking tracks leading to caves, rock climbing areas, and the valley floor.

[3] The mountain overlooks the Kanimbla Valley, although views are somewhat obstructed by eucalypt trees.

Mountt Piddington is named after William Richman Piddington, former colonial treasurer under Henry Parkes, who owned land on the site[4] and "felled many trees on its summit in order that visitors might enjoy the view" some time before April 1871.

[10] Mt Piddington (Piddo), is a significant area of traditional climbing in Australia.

[11] It includes Janicepts (21), first ascended by John Ewbank in 1966, and freed by Mike Law in 1973, making it the hardest climb in the country at that time.