Kings Plains, Inverell Shire Council, New South Wales
Explore Kings Plains, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kings Plains, 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. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Kings Plains |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Inverell Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -29.59903 |
| Longitude | 151.40264 |
| Area | 157.4 km² |
| Postcode | 2360 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 475 km north |
Kings Plains is a locality in the Inverell Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 157.4 km². It lies approximately 475 km north of Sydney. Kings Plains is located at 29.5990°S, 151.4026°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2360. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Kings Plains unfurls across a landscape of gentle slopes and broad valleys, where the ochre-tinted earth meets a sky of vast, unbroken blue. It lies 103.5 km north-north-west of Armidale, NSW (from Armidale, NSW: bearing 345°T), and is situated 29.4 km south-south-west of Emmaville. The air here carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked grass, a perfume that mingles with the distant bleating of sheep and the rustle of eucalyptus leaves. Rolling hills, softened by a fine haze in the midday heat, give way to more open country, dotted with sturdy gum trees that stand like ancient sentinels against the horizon. The light, particularly as the day softens towards evening, casts long, theatrical shadows that stretch and deepen, painting the land in hues of amber and rose.
The story of Kings Plains is written in its soil and its resilience, a testament to generations who have worked this land. Historically, it has been a place shaped by the quiet pursuit of agriculture and grazing, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life. The rich soils have long supported sheep and cattle, their wool and meat forming the backbone of the local economy, while the occasional glint of quartz underfoot hints at a past connection to mining. The area’s character is one of understated endurance, a place where neighbours know each other and the land is treated with a respect born of hard experience, a quiet understanding passed down through families.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Kings Plains, 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 Kings Plains, in the Inverell Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Kings Plains includes the postcode (2360), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Inverell Shire 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 Kings Plains is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 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. |