Escort Rock, Natural heritage formation near Eugowra, Australia

Escort Rock is a large granite boulder beside the Escort Way about three miles north-east of Eugowra, in the Central West of New South Wales. The road narrows as it passes the rock, which is why a coach driver was forced to slow down there in 1862. The site is one of the Ben Hall Sites and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 8 October 2010.

On Sunday 15 June 1862, eight armed men hidden behind the rock fired on the Forbes-to-Sydney gold escort three miles north-east of Eugowra. The coach capsized, and the gang took 2,719 ounces of gold and £3,700 in cash. Frank Gardiner gave the firing orders; Ben Hall and John O'Meally were among the gang. Escort Rock was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 8 October 2010.

The site is one of the Ben Hall Sites, a group of six New South Wales places linked to bushranger Ben Hall, and was added to the State Heritage Register on 8 October 2010. The name Escort Rock comes from the gold escort coach ambushed beside it on Sunday, 15 June 1862.

The site is accessible via Escort Way where parking spaces are available for visitors. Walking around the formation is easiest during dry conditions when pathways are in good order.

The coach was slowed by two drays blocking the road, forcing driver John Fagan to pass close to the rock where eight men in red serge shirts and red nightcaps, faces blackened, waited. The gang took 2,719 ounces of gold and £3,700 in cash, loading two coach horses before fleeing.