[1] Mount Wilson is known for its multiple large gardens, walks and access to nature, and popularity as a base for practitioners of canyoning.

According to some, the "well-organised locals have managed to resist the tidal wave of development which swept through the other mountain towns.

[5] The novelist Patrick White spent some of his youth there, writing about the place in his 1981 memoir Flaws in the Glass; his parents had lived in Mount Wilson between 1912 and 1937.

[6] Mount Wilson has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Apart from visiting the gardens for which the area is famous, it is also possible to do a number of walks in places like Waterfall Reserve, the rainforest pocket in Davies Lane, the Cathedral of Ferns, Pheasants Cave, Chinamans Hat and, for more experienced walkers, the track to the Wollangambe River.

The village offers easy and delightful cycling on the quiet roads, outside of busy autumn and spring weekends.