Explore Gunpowder, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gunpowder, 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 Gunpowder, 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 Gunpowder 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 Gunpowder.
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 | Gunpowder |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Mount Isa City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -19.79265 |
| Longitude | 139.25628 |
| Population | 61 |
| Density | 0.0 /km² |
| Area | 7793.2 km² |
| Elevation | 232 m |
| Postcode | 4825 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1640 km west-northwest |
Gunpowder is a locality in the Mount Isa City local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 61. The locality covers an area of 7793.2 km², giving a population density of about 0.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 232 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1640 km west-northwest of Brisbane. Gunpowder is located at 19.7926°S, 139.2563°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4825. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Gunpowder sprawls across a stark, ancient landscape, where rust-red earth bleeds into the bruised purple of distant mesas. It lies 704.8 km north-east of Alice Springs, NT (from Alice Springs, NT: bearing 53°T), and is situated 79.6 km north-north-west of Mount Isa. The air here hangs thick and dry, carrying the scent of sun-baked spinifex and the faint, metallic tang of the earth’s deep secrets. Craggy hills, weathered by millennia of wind and sun, rise like sleeping giants, their slopes dusted with tenacious scrub and the occasional hardy acacia, their branches reaching out like skeletal fingers against the vast, pale blue sky. In the hushed stillness of late afternoon, the shadows lengthen dramatically, painting the terrain in shades of ochre and umber, a silent testament to the raw, untamed beauty of this country.
The story of Gunpowder is etched into its very foundations, a narrative woven from the relentless pursuit of mineral wealth. This is a place born of the pickaxe and the dynamite, where the echoes of arduous labour still resonate beneath the surface. For generations, the lifeblood of Gunpowder has been the relentless extraction of precious metals, a demanding industry that has shaped its character and its people. The town itself, a collection of sturdy buildings that seem to have grown organically from the earth, bears the indelible mark of this heritage, a practical, no-nonsense spirit that prioritises resilience and hard work. Visitors often remark on the stark contrast between the intense, almost brutal, environment and the genuine warmth of its inhabitants, a testament to the enduring human spirit that thrives even in the most unforgiving of settings.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Gunpowder, 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 Gunpowder, in the Mount Isa City local government area.
Detailed location data for Gunpowder includes the postcode (4825), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Mount Isa City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote 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 Gunpowder 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. |