Explore Butchers Creek, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Butchers Creek, 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 Butchers Creek, 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 Butchers Creek 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 Butchers Creek.
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 | Butchers Creek |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Tablelands Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -17.33869 |
| Longitude | 145.70142 |
| Population | 107 |
| Density | 3.8 /km² |
| Area | 27.8 km² |
| Elevation | 752 m |
| Postcode | 4885 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1354 km northwest |
Butchers Creek is a locality in the Tablelands Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 107. The locality covers an area of 27.8 km², giving a population density of about 3.8 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 752 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1354 km northwest of Brisbane. Butchers Creek is located at 17.3387°S, 145.7014°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4885. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Butchers Creek lies cradled by the undulating, verdant slopes of the Atherton Tablelands, a landscape painted in shades of emerald and ochre. It lies 243.4 km north-north-west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 334°T), and is situated 12.3 km east-north-east of Malanda. Here, the air itself seems to possess a unique, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil, blooming ginger lilies, and the distant, sweet scent of ripening mangoes. The terrain, a mosaic of cleared pastures and pockets of dense rainforest, dips and rises with a quiet, persistent grace, often veiled by a soft, pearlescent mist that clings to the gullies in the early morning. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the dew-kissed leaves of ancient fig trees and the vibrant, almost impossibly blue wings of Ulysses butterflies flitting between flowering hibiscus. The character of Butchers Creek is one of gentle resilience, a place where the wildness of the tropics is softened by the patient hand of cultivation.
The history of Butchers Creek is inextricably linked to the fertile volcanic soils that define this part of the Tablelands, a heritage that whispers through the rustle of sugarcane and the lowing of contented dairy cattle. For generations, this land has sustained those who have chosen to make it their home, its economy largely built on the back of agriculture – dairy farming, in particular, has long been a cornerstone, its rich pastures a testament to the land's bounty. Remnants of older agricultural ventures, perhaps a forgotten fence line or a solitary, rusting piece of machinery swallowed by encroaching scrub, hint at the layers of human endeavour that have shaped this place. The local character is one of quiet industry and neighbourly connection, a shared understanding forged by the rhythms of planting and harvest, and the enduring beauty of a landscape that offers both challenge and reward.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Butchers Creek, 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 Butchers Creek, in the Tablelands Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Butchers Creek includes the postcode (4885), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Tablelands Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer 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 Butchers Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 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. |