Explore Kimberley, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kimberley, 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 Kimberley, 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 Kimberley 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 Kimberley.
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 | Kimberley |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Douglas Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -16.27411 |
| Longitude | 145.44726 |
| Area | 58.3 km² |
| Postcode | 4873 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1469 km north-northwest |
Kimberley is a locality in the Douglas Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 58.3 km². It lies approximately 1469 km north-northwest of Brisbane. Kimberley is located at 16.2741°S, 145.4473°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4873. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Kimberley rests at the edge of the tropics, a place where the Great Dividing Range softens its formidable presence and begins its slow descent towards the sea. It lies 362.2 km north-north-west of Townsville City, QLD (from Townsville City, QLD: bearing 336°T), and is situated 25.1 km north of Port Douglas. The land here is a study in lushness, a verdant embrace of ancient rainforest that spills down steep, often mist-shrouded slopes. Deep gullies scar the terrain, their depths echoing with the calls of unseen birds and the murmur of hidden creeks, their waters stained the colour of strong tea by the tannins of decaying leaves. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming ginger lilies, hangs heavy and humid, a constant reminder of the powerful natural forces at play. Sunlight, when it pierces the dense canopy, falls in shifting, ethereal shafts, illuminating emerald mosses and the intricate lace of fern fronds.
This corner of the Douglas Shire, though small, carries a rich seam of history, its economy once tethered to the rugged demands of timber felling and the more recent lure of tourism. The ghosts of logging camps can still be glimpsed in forgotten clearings, a whisper of the hard work that shaped this landscape before the rainforest’s enduring beauty became its primary draw. Today, Kimberley thrives on the steady influx of travellers drawn to its proximity to the Atherton Tablelands and the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Local businesses cater to this flow, offering a welcome respite with cool drinks and hearty meals, their verandahs often serving as impromptu gathering spots where the day’s adventures are recounted under the deepening twilight sky. The true character of Kimberley, however, lies in its quiet persistence, a community that lives in harmonious, if sometimes challenging, dialogue with the untamed wildness that surrounds it.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Kimberley, 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 Kimberley, in the Douglas Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Kimberley includes the postcode (4873), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Douglas Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of 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 Kimberley 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. |