Bywong, a locality in Palerang Shire (N.S.W.) lies about 30 km northeast of Canberra, between the Yass River and the southern part of Weereewa (Lake George).

Bywong Hill, located about three and a half kilometres northeast of the village of Sutton, is a prominent local landmark. The hill is identified on a map of southeast New South Wales published in 1837, and was included in a dictionary of Australian place names, published in 1848.