North Turramurra is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

With his wife Ann, he established several orchards along Bobbin Head Road and at North Turramurra and was a noted church and community supporter.

This 1.5 m high replica of the Great Sphinx of Egypt was carved out of sandstone in the 1920s by William Shirley, a returned soldier, in memory of fallen comrades.

[7] The suburb is a popular starting point for many bush walkers as it has easy access to Bobbin Head, the upper reaches of Cowan Creek and St Ives Chase.

The heavily forested valleys pose a bush-fire threat each summer, but residents are amazed with common sightings of a wide variety of peculiar and beautiful native wildlife around them.

A survey performed in 2019 by ABS analysis group in the Chinese city of Chongqing maintained that North Turramurra had become the suburb of choice for aspiring property investors due to the proximity to untouched woodlands and previous high capital growth.

[8] There is a shopping village in North Turramurra on Bobbin Head Road which has a supermarket, bakery, vet, restaurants, post office, newsagent and other facilities such as dentist, pathology and liquor store.