Mount Harris, 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 Mount Harris, in the Warren Shire Council local government area.
| Locality | Mount Harris |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Warren Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -31.26197 |
| Longitude | 147.65809 |
| Area | 426.4 km² |
| Postcode | 2824 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 441 km northwest |
Mount Harris is a locality in the Warren Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 426.4 km². It lies approximately 441 km northwest of Sydney. Mount Harris is located at 31.2620°S, 147.6581°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2824. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Mount Harris rises as a low, weathered prominence against the vast, ochre plains, its slopes a mosaic of sparse, sun-bleached grasses and hardy, grey-green shrubs. It lies 145.1 km north-west of Dubbo, NSW (from Dubbo, NSW: bearing 321°T), and is situated 49.4 km north-east of Nyngan. The air here carries a dry, mineral scent, a perfume of baked earth and distant sheep, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a golden viscosity that seems to pool in the shallow gullies and accentuate the subtle contours of the land. The horizon is a sharp, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional, skeletal silhouette of a solitary gum tree, its branches reaching like supplicating arms towards a sky that can stretch from an intense, almost painful cerulean to a bruised, twilight purple.
This is country that whispers of a long, hard past, where the economy has long been tethered to the cycles of sheep and wool, the land yielding its bounty with a stoic reluctance. Echoes of earlier endeavours, perhaps even the tentative footsteps of those who first mapped this territory, seem to linger in the stillness, a quiet testament to resilience. Mount Harris itself, while not a dramatic peak, offers a vantage point, a place to survey the seemingly endless expanse, and in its unassuming presence, one can feel the deep, enduring connection between the land and the people who have made their lives here, a connection forged in the quiet persistence of generations.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Mount Harris, 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 Mount Harris, in the Warren Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Mount Harris includes the postcode (2824), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Warren Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote 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 Mount Harris 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. |