Explore Brampton Island, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brampton Island, QLD 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 Brampton Island, Queensland, 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 Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Brampton Island 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 Brampton Island.
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 | Brampton Island |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -20.80786 |
| Longitude | 149.27337 |
| Elevation | 173 m |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 833 km north-north-west |
Brampton Island is a locality in Queensland, Australia. It sits at an elevation of around 173 m above sea level. It lies approximately 833 km north-north-west of Brisbane. Brampton Island is located at 20.8079°S, 149.2734°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving.
Brampton Island rises from the azure expanse of the Whitsundays as a rugged volcanic outcrop, defined by its steep, forested slopes and a distinct, rounded profile that catches the golden light of the setting sun. It lies 38.3 km north-north-east of Mackay, QLD (from Mackay, QLD: bearing 14°T), and is situated 28.4 km north-north-east of Bucasia. [Navigation sentence]. The terrain here is dominated by eucalypt woodlands and dense rainforest patches that spill down toward the shoreline, where tidal flats reveal a mosaic of soft, pale sand and weathered rock at low tide. In the quiet hours before dawn, the air carries a crisp, saline weight, vibrating with the sudden, sharp calls of scrubfowl and the rhythmic, hollow wash of waves against the island’s sheltered bays.
Brampton Island bears the quiet imprint of a colonial pastoral past, having transitioned from a site of early grazing and timber harvesting into a long-standing destination for those seeking a retreat within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. While its economy has been tethered to the ebb and flow of tourism for decades, the island maintains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the bustling mainland ports. The landscape remains defined by its steep, granite-strewn ridges and the narrow, winding trails that offer glimpses of the neighbouring islands scattered across the horizon like dark, slumbering whales. Life here is governed by the predictable pulse of the tides and the seasonal shifts of the tropical climate, where the intensity of the midday heat gives way to the cooling, breath-like breeze that drifts across the Coral Sea.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Brampton Island, Queensland. 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 Brampton Island.
Detailed location data for Brampton Island includes the postcode, telephone area code (07). 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 Brampton Island 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. |