Cross Roads, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Cross Roads, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
| Locality | Cross Roads |
| 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 | -32.50456 |
| Longitude | 149.70703 |
| Area | 13.9 km² |
| Postcode | 2850 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 206 km northwest |
Cross Roads is a locality in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 13.9 km². It lies approximately 206 km northwest of Sydney. Cross Roads is located at 32.5046°S, 149.7070°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2850. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Cross Roads lies low and wide under a sky that often stretches to an impossible blue, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the patient effort of holding up the light. It lies 101.4 km north-east of Orange, NSW (from Orange, NSW: bearing 35°T), and is situated 17.1 km north-east of Mudgee. The terrain here is a study in gentle slopes and shallow valleys, a subtle topography that invites the eye to wander rather than demand its attention. Dominating the scene are the undulating plains, a patchwork quilt of cultivated fields and grazing country, bordered by the low, scrubby hills that cradle the horizon. The air carries the scent of dry earth and sun-baked grass, a constant, subtle perfume that changes with the passing seasons, from the sweet promise of spring rain to the dusty heat of midsummer. Even in the stillness, there's a palpable sense of space, a quiet vastness that hums with the unseen life of insects and the distant calls of birds.
This land around Cross Roads has long been shaped by the ebb and flow of human endeavour, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of the seasons and the persistent work of its people. For generations, the fertile earth has yielded its bounty, primarily through broadacre farming, with wheat and barley standing tall in their golden prime before the harvest. The local economy, intrinsically linked to the agricultural cycle, feels the pulse of the land, a shared prosperity and hardship that binds the inhabitants. Further back, whispers of earlier times linger, of pastoralists who first drove their flocks across these very paddocks, their presence a faint echo in the names of the creeks and the weathered fence lines that crisscross the landscape. The character of Cross Roads is one of quiet resilience, a place where the passing of time is marked by the changing colours of the fields and the enduring warmth of neighbourly connection, a place that has learned to thrive in its own unhurried way.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Cross Roads, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Cross Roads, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Cross Roads 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.
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 Cross Roads is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |