Rocky River, Uralla Shire Council, New South Wales
Explore Rocky River, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rocky River, 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 Rocky River, 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.
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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 Rocky River 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 Rocky River.
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.
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| Locality | Rocky River |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Uralla Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -30.59771 |
| Longitude | 151.45579 |
| Population | 255 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Area | 51.4 km² |
| Elevation | 1080 m |
| Postcode | 2358 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 364 km north |
Rocky River is a locality in the Uralla Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 255. The locality covers an area of 51.4 km², giving a population density of about 5.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 1080 m above sea level. It lies approximately 364 km north of Sydney. Rocky River is located at 30.5977°S, 151.4558°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2358. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Rocky River rests in a gentle fold of the New England Tablelands, where the land breathes a cool, crisp air even in the height of summer. It lies 23.4 km west-south-west of Armidale, NSW (from Armidale, NSW: bearing 242°T), and is situated 8.4 km north-north-west of Uralla. Here, the terrain unfurls in broad, grassy slopes, a rich tapestry of emerald and ochre under a sky that often seems impossibly vast. Scattered stands of eucalypt, their bark a mosaic of peeling greys and whites, punctuate the paddocks, offering shade to grazing sheep and cattle. The river itself, a ribbon of silver glinting in the sunlight, meanders through the valley, its banks fringed with weeping willows and hardy native grasses that sway in the breeze. At dusk, the light softens, casting a warm, honeyed glow over the landscape, a quiet beauty that settles deep into the bones.
This country, long shaped by the grazier's hand, carries the echoes of its pastoral past. Rocky River’s story is one of hardy settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land after the heady days of gold rushes in neighbouring districts. The local economy still leans heavily on the backs of its sheep and cattle, the wool bales and prime cuts finding their way to markets near and far. Yet, a subtle shift is underway, with a growing appreciation for the region's cool-climate wines, the vines clinging tenaciously to the well-drained slopes. Travellers, too, are beginning to discover the quiet charm of Rocky River, drawn by its unspoiled vistas and the genuine warmth of its people, a distinct character forged in the open spaces and the enduring rhythm of the land.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Rocky River, 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 Rocky River, in the Uralla Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Rocky River includes the postcode (2358), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Uralla 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 Rocky River 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. |