Darkes Forest is a rural locality in the Wollongong
and Wollondilly Shire local government areas.
Darkes Forest is home to the Dharwal National
Park and also features several farms. Darkes
Forest is a locality about 3km WNW of Flat Rock
Junction and about 1km north of Darkes Forest
Park, crossing the local government areas of
Wollongong and Wollondilly.

Darkes Forest is a suburb of South Coast, New
South Wales and is about 45 kms south-southwest
of NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011
Australian census the population of Darkes Forest
was 260 when there were 106 Females and 154
Males living there.