Explore Curtin Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Curtin Springs, NT 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 Curtin Springs, Northern Territory, 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 Northern Territory or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Curtin Springs 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 Curtin Springs.
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 | Curtin Springs |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -25.33333 |
| Longitude | 131.75 |
| Elevation | 484 m |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 1434 km south |
Curtin Springs is a locality in Northern Territory, Australia. It sits at an elevation of around 484 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1434 km south of Darwin. Curtin Springs is located at 25.3333°S, 131.7500°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving.
Curtin Springs emerges from the flat, iron-stained earth as a solitary sentinel amidst the vast, ancient scrublands of the Northern Territory. It lies 281.9 km south-west of Alice Springs, NT (from Alice Springs, NT: bearing 229°T), and is situated 79.7 km east of Yulara. The landscape here is defined by the unrelenting presence of Mt Conner, a formidable, flat-topped mesa that casts a long, sharpening shadow across the mulga and saltbush as the day wanes. Air in this expanse possesses a peculiar, dry clarity, tasting of crushed stone and sun-baked spinifex, while the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the horizon, turning the red dust into a sea of smouldering embers. Beneath the immense sky, the horizon feels unreachable, a thin line where the heat-haze shimmers and dances, distorting the skeletal forms of ghost gums into shifting, spectral shapes.
Curtin Springs has functioned as a pastoral lease for generations, anchoring a life built upon the endurance of cattle grazing in a climate that demands resilience from both beast and keeper. The station house serves as a vital waypoint for the traveller, its existence tied to the rhythms of the Lasseter Highway and the steady stream of visitors drawn toward the nearby monoliths of the Red Centre. Beyond its role in the cattle industry, the station has evolved to incorporate the harvesting of native grasses for the production of distinctive, textured paper, a process that draws directly upon the hardy flora of the surrounding plains. Life at Curtin Springs maintains a quiet, pragmatic focus, where the necessity of maintaining water bores and managing the unpredictable scrub dictates the day, leaving the silence of the desert to reclaim the stillness once the engines of the station fall quiet at night.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Curtin Springs, Northern Territory. 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 Curtin Springs.
Detailed location data for Curtin Springs includes the postcode, telephone area code (08). 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 Curtin Springs 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. |