Explore Eungella Dam, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Eungella Dam, 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 Eungella Dam, 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 Eungella Dam 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 Eungella Dam.
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.
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| Locality | Eungella Dam |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Mackay Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -21.15907 |
| Longitude | 148.38422 |
| Area | 380.7 km² |
| Postcode | 4757 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 844 km northwest |
Eungella Dam is a locality in the Mackay Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 380.7 km². It lies approximately 844 km northwest of Brisbane. Eungella Dam is located at 21.1591°S, 148.3842°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4757. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Eungella Dam holds a vast, deep quietude against the Queensland sky. It lies 83.1 km west of Mackay, QLD (from Mackay, QLD: bearing 269°T), and is situated 24.0 km west of Finch Hatton. The air here, even in the midday heat, carries a refreshing coolness, a subtle promise of the dense rainforest that crowds its shores, its verdant embrace a constant, brooding presence. The water, a placid mirror when the wind is still, reflects the impossibly blue heavens, broken only by the occasional ripple of a passing bird or the silent glide of a platypus. The surrounding hills, cloaked in a tapestry of green so rich it seems to absorb the very light, slope down to the dam’s edge, their ancient forms softened by a fine mist that often hangs in the hollows, lending an ethereal quality to the landscape. The scent of damp earth and eucalypt hangs heavy, a balm to the senses, and the silence is profound, broken only by the distant call of unseen creatures or the sigh of wind through the leaves.
This place, Eungella Dam, is a testament to human endeavour carved into a wilder, older world. Its creation was an ambitious undertaking, a feat of engineering that brought a vital water source to the surrounding agricultural lands, primarily sugarcane and cattle grazing, which still form the backbone of the local economy. The dam itself, a concrete sentinel, now serves as a centrepiece for recreation, drawing travellers seeking the tranquility of its setting and the opportunity for fishing or simply breathing in the spectacular views. Echoes of a more rugged past linger, with remnants of early logging operations whispered about in the dense bush, and the enduring spirit of those who settled this challenging terrain is palpable in the quiet resilience of the land and its people.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Eungella Dam, 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 Eungella Dam, in the Mackay Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Eungella Dam includes the postcode (4757), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Mackay 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 Eungella Dam 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. |