Explore Cooks Gap, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cooks Gap, 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 Cooks Gap, 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 Cooks Gap 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 Cooks Gap.
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 | Cooks Gap |
| 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 | -32.35843 |
| Longitude | 149.71517 |
| Population | 516 |
| Density | 11.7 /km² |
| Area | 44.2 km² |
| Elevation | 590 m |
| Postcode | 2850 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 218 km northwest |
Cooks Gap 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 516. The locality covers an area of 44.2 km², giving a population density of about 11.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 590 m above sea level. It lies approximately 218 km northwest of Sydney. Cooks Gap is located at 32.3584°S, 149.7152°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2850. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Cooks Gap lies a quiet sentinel against the vast Australian sky. It lies 103.5 km east of Dubbo, NSW (from Dubbo, NSW: bearing 95°T), and is situated 17.9 km east of Gulgong. Here, the land rolls in soft, ochre waves, a patchwork of weathered grey scrub and the deeper greens of hardy grazing pastures, stitched together by the occasional shimmer of a distant watercourse. The air, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a dry, earthy perfume, mingling with the resinous scent of eucalyptus. The horizon is a sharp, unwavering line, broken only by the rounded shoulders of ancient hills that seem to hold the silence of ages within their slopes. The character of Cooks Gap is etched into the very texture of its soil – resilient, weathered, and possessed of a profound, unhurried stillness.
The history of Cooks Gap is a story whispered on the dry winds that sweep across its plains, a narrative shaped by the enduring spirit of those who have sought sustenance from this often-stern country. For generations, this land has supported sheep and cattle, the backbone of its local economy, with families carving out livelihoods from the seemingly unforgiving terrain. The legacy of mining, too, has left its mark, though the scars are now softened by time and the persistent reclamation of nature. More recently, a quiet tourism has begun to find its footing, drawn by the stark beauty of the landscape and the promise of an escape from the clamour of more populated centres. Travellers often speak of the peculiar quality of light here, how it can turn the mundane into something almost luminous, particularly in the late afternoon when the shadows lengthen and the distant hills glow with an ethereal hue, hinting at a deeper, older story woven into the fabric of Cooks Gap.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Cooks Gap, 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 Cooks Gap, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Cooks Gap includes the postcode (2850), 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 Cooks Gap is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 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. |