Mount Victoria is located 120 kilometres from Sydney and 1044 metres above sea-level in westernmost area of the Blue Mountains.

Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell marked this area One Tree Hill in 1834. When a toll bar was opened in 1849, it was referred to as Broughton's Waterhole Toll Bar. It was not until the railway arrived that one name was applied to the district. The railway station opened in 1868 as Mount Victoria after the young Princess Victoria, and gradually the name was accepted.

Mount Victoria was a popular tourist destination in the late nineteenth century with many various types of accommodation being built.

Mount Victoria is small township with a large number of historic buildings including the Hall which is used as a cinema, the Mount Vic Flicks, and the Imperial Hotel. It also has a museum and is the starting point for many bushwalks.