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Hanleys Creek New South Wales Map

Explore Hanleys Creek, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hanleys Creek, 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.

Interactive Map of Hanleys Creek, New South Wales

How to Use This Hanleys Creek, New South Wales Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hanleys Creek, 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 Hanleys Creek 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 Hanleys Creek.

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.

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LocalityHanleys Creek
StateNew South Wales (NSW)
Local Government AreaDungog Shire Council
CountryAustralia
TimezoneAustralian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT)
RemotenessInner Regional Australia
Latitude-32.41829
Longitude151.68806
Area16.0 km²
Postcode2420
Area Code02
Distance to Sydney167 km north-northeast

About Hanleys Creek, New South Wales

Hanleys Creek is a locality in the Dungog Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 16.0 km². It lies approximately 167 km north-northeast of Sydney. Hanleys Creek is located at 32.4183°S, 151.6881°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2420. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.

Hanleys Creek unfolds as a landscape of muted greens and earthy browns, where rolling hills, softened by time, cradle pockets of dense bushland. It lies 37.5 km north-north-east of Maitland, NSW (from Maitland, NSW: bearing 20°T), and is situated 6.0 km west-south-west of Dungog. The air here carries the clean scent of eucalyptus and damp soil, a perfume that clings to the skin long after one has left its embrace. Here, the land breathes with a quiet resilience, its contours shaped by ancient watercourses and the patient hand of nature. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a golden quality, bathing the scattered farms and grazing paddocks in a warm, honeyed glow that seems to slow the very passage of the day.

The story of Hanleys Creek is one of the land's bounty, primarily shaped by the enduring legacy of agriculture and grazing. For generations, this region has been a provider, its rich soil yielding sustenance and its pastures supporting livestock. The economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the earth, with families maintaining a connection to the land that stretches back through time. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling commerce, Hanleys Creek possesses a distinctive character, a quiet strength born from its connection to the cycles of nature and the steadfastness of its inhabitants.

Nearby Places to Explore — Hanleys Creek, NSW

Nearby Places of Interest

Dungog Museum
Museum · 7 km ENE
Gresford District Historical Museum
Museum · 13 km W
Killarney
Nature Reserve · 15 km NNE · 435 ha
Bridge Viewing Area
Lookout / Viewpoint · 15 km W
Monkerai
Nature Reserve · 16 km ENE · 856 ha
The Knob
Lookout / Viewpoint · 19 km NNE
Columbey
National Park · 19 km SSE · 1,285 ha
Jerusalem Creek Falls Lookout
Lookout / Viewpoint · 21 km N
Moonabung Labyrinth
Attraction · 21 km SW
Chichester Logging Museum
Attraction · 21 km N
Black Bulga
State Conservation Area · 21 km NNE · 1,541 ha
Court House Museum
Museum · 21 km SSW
Platypus Point
Attraction · 21 km NE
Paterson Rail Motor Society
Museum · 22 km SSW
Paterson War Memorial
Monument / Memorial · 22 km SSW
Wallaroo
National Park · 24 km SSE · 2,784 ha
ANZAC memorial
Monument / Memorial · 26 km E
Seaham Swamp
Nature Reserve · 28 km S · 11 ha
Karuah
State Conservation Area · 28 km SE · 71 ha
Gir-um-bit
National Park · 41 km SE · 609 ha
Mount Allyn
Flora Reserve · 41 km NW · 2,480 ha
Barrington Tops
National Park · 42 km NNW · 76,915 ha
Worimi
Regional Park · 50 km SSE · 1,336 ha
Blue Gum Hills
Regional Park · 53 km S · 128 ha
Appletree
Aboriginal Area · 80 km WSW · 4 ha

Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.

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About This Hanleys Creek Map Page

This page provides a street and satellite map of Hanleys Creek, 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 Hanleys Creek, in the Dungog Shire Council local government area.

Detailed location data for Hanleys Creek includes the postcode (2420), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Dungog Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner 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 Hanleys Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.

Page generatedOctober 2026
Location dataGeoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity
Map layersGoogle 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)
DescriptionEditorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data.