Explore Rous, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rous, 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 Rous, 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 Rous 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 Rous.
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 | Rous |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Ballina Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -28.86358 |
| Longitude | 153.40846 |
| Population | 240 |
| Density | 19.2 /km² |
| Area | 12.5 km² |
| Elevation | 166 m |
| Postcode | 2477 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 594 km north-northeast |
Rous is a locality in the Ballina Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 240. The locality covers an area of 12.5 km², giving a population density of about 19.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 166 m above sea level. It lies approximately 594 km north-northeast of Sydney. Rous is located at 28.8636°S, 153.4085°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2477. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Rous rests in a landscape sculpted by the slow, patient work of water and wind, where rolling hills, cloaked in emerald pastures, give way to the deeper green of sub-tropical rainforest. It lies 88.2 km south of Robina, QLD (from Robina, QLD: bearing 179°T), and is situated 9.4 km east-south-east of Goonellabah. The air here carries a gentle humidity, a breath from the nearby coast, and in the quiet of late afternoon, the sunlight filters through the broad leaves of fig trees and palms, casting shifting mosaics of gold and shadow onto the rich, dark soil. The very earth seems to exhale a scent of damp leaf mould and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen blossoms, a subtle testament to the fertile embrace of this region.
The history of Rous is etched not in grand monuments, but in the steady rhythm of its agricultural past and the quiet industriousness of its people. For generations, dairy farming has been the lifeblood of Rous, its verdant paddocks a testament to the rich alluvial soils brought down by ancient rivers, though the landscape now also bears the marks of diversification, with pockets of avocado orchards and macadamia plantations beginning to claim their share. The winding roads that traverse the area, often barely wider than a single vehicle, whisper tales of horse-drawn carts and early settlers, a stark contrast to the occasional hum of a modern ute carrying produce to market. Rous, a place where the land’s bounty continues to shape the character of its inhabitants, remains a quiet corner of the Northern Rivers, its identity intrinsically linked to the enduring strength of its rural heritage.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Rous, 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 Rous, in the Ballina Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Rous includes the postcode (2477), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Ballina 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 Rous 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. |