Explore Budden, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Budden, NSW map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Budden, New South Wales, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New South Wales or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Budden and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Budden.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Budden |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Mid-Western Regional Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -32.51649 |
| Longitude | 150.05839 |
| Population | 20 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Area | 84.9 km² |
| Elevation | 384 m |
| Postcode | 2849 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 185 km northwest |
Budden is a locality in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 20. The locality covers an area of 84.9 km², giving a population density of about 0.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 384 m above sea level. It lies approximately 185 km northwest of Sydney. Budden is located at 32.5165°S, 150.0584°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2849. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Budden rests on a broad, fertile plain, where the land gently slopes towards the distant, hazy blue of the Great Dividing Range. It lies 109.9 km north-north-east of Bathurst, NSW (from Bathurst, NSW: bearing 24°T), and is situated 26.7 km north-north-east of Rylstone. The country here is a patchwork of emerald pastures and ochre-tinged paddocks, crisscrossed by the silver threads of meandering creeks. Mature gum trees, their bark peeling in papery strips, stand sentinel over the landscape, their branches a haven for unseen birds whose calls punctuate the otherwise quiet air. The sky above is a vast canvas, often painted with the deep, bruised purples and fiery oranges of a spectacular sunset, casting long, stretching shadows across the undulating terrain.
The history of Budden is deeply entwined with the pastoral industry, its early days marked by sheep stations that carved out livelihoods from this rich, if sometimes unforgiving, country. Generations have worked the land, their efforts shaping the character of the place, a resilience born from adapting to the seasons and the enduring spirit of the Australian bush. Today, while grazing remains a cornerstone of the local economy, there's a quiet diversification; small vineyards are beginning to dot the landscape, their rows of vines a fresh green against the more established colours of the fields. The air often carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening grapes mingling with the earthy aroma of turned soil, a testament to the ongoing evolution of Budden.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Budden, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Budden, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Budden includes the postcode (2849), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Mid-Western Regional Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Budden is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |