Explore Kinchant Dam, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kinchant 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 Kinchant 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 Kinchant 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 Kinchant 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.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Kinchant 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 | -21.2141 |
| Longitude | 148.89467 |
| Population | 149 |
| Density | 4.0 /km² |
| Area | 37.5 km² |
| Elevation | 57 m |
| Postcode | 4741 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 812 km north-northwest |
Kinchant Dam is a locality in the Mackay Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 149. The locality covers an area of 37.5 km², giving a population density of about 4.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 57 m above sea level. It lies approximately 812 km north-northwest of Brisbane. Kinchant Dam is located at 21.2141°S, 148.8947°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4741. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Kinchant Dam sprawls under a sky that can shift from a fierce, unyielding blue to a bruised, bruised purple as the afternoon wears on. It lies 31.2 km west-south-west of Mackay, QLD (from Mackay, QLD: bearing 255°T), and is situated 8.2 km south-west of Marian. The water itself, a vast, placid mirror reflecting the surrounding countryside, is edged by a fringe of hardy vegetation, a testament to the persistent life that clings to the Queensland terrain. Rolling hills, cloaked in a muted palette of ochre and dry grasses, undulate towards the horizon, their contours softened by the hazy heat that often hangs in the air. Here and there, the skeletal remains of trees, bleached white by sun and time, stand like sentinels against the vastness, their stark forms a quiet counterpoint to the gentle sway of the grass. The air, even in the midday sun, carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of insects and the occasional rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth.
This stretch of land, now defined by the engineered expanse of Kinchant Dam, has a history tethered to the more pragmatic needs of the region, primarily water storage for the sugar cane fields that stretch out in neat, emerald rows in the neighbouring valleys. Before the dam’s creation, the Pioneer River, a more capricious and meandering waterway, dictated the flow of life and agriculture; its floods and droughts were the ancient rhythms of this place. The dam, a modern intervention, now ensures a more reliable bounty for the sugar industry, a cornerstone of the local economy that has shaped the character of the surrounding communities. While the rush of the cane trains and the scent of molasses are the familiar perfumes of this part of Queensland, the quietude around Kinchant Dam offers a different kind of sensory experience, a lingering sense of the land’s enduring spirit, a place where the past and the present are held in the still waters.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Kinchant 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 Kinchant Dam, in the Mackay Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Kinchant Dam includes the postcode (4741), 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 Kinchant 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. |