Explore Paterson, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Paterson, 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 Paterson, 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 Paterson 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 Paterson.
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 | Paterson |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Dungog Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -32.58433 |
| Longitude | 151.60838 |
| Population | 875 |
| Density | 21.1 /km² |
| Area | 41.4 km² |
| Elevation | 16 m |
| Postcode | 2421 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 148 km north-northeast |
Paterson is a locality in the Dungog Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 875. The locality covers an area of 41.4 km², giving a population density of about 21.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 16 m above sea level. It lies approximately 148 km north-northeast of Sydney. Paterson is located at 32.5843°S, 151.6084°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2421. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Paterson rests in a fold of country where the land begins its gentle ascent towards the rolling hills that cradle the Hunter River. It lies 17.7 km north-north-east of Maitland, NSW (from Maitland, NSW: bearing 17°T), and is situated 14.1 km north-north-east of Aberglasslyn. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, mingling with the dry, sweet perfume of sun-baked grasses in the paddocks. Eucalypts, with their peeling bark and sparse, silver-green leaves, stand sentinel along the creek beds and dot the broader landscape, their branches etched against a sky that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the bruised purples of twilight. The terrain itself is a mosaic of fertile river flats, perfect for cultivation, giving way to slopes that are better suited for grazing, the fences tracing clean lines across the softened contours of the earth.
The history of Paterson is deeply intertwined with the fertile lands bordering the Hunter River, a waterway that has shaped its fortunes since early settlement. This was a place where timber cutters once plied their trade and where agriculture, particularly dairy farming, quickly took root, its rich soil proving generous to those who worked it. The legacy of those early days can still be seen in the weathered timber of older farm buildings and in the quiet, enduring character of the township itself. While the landscape now predominantly echoes with the lowing of cattle and the hum of tractors, the echoes of a bygone era, of a simpler, more arduous existence, are never entirely absent, particularly as the sun dips low, casting long shadows that seem to whisper stories of generations past across the fields.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Paterson, 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 Paterson, in the Dungog Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Paterson includes the postcode (2421), 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 Paterson 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. |