Rocky Point, Weipa Town, Queensland
Explore Rocky Point, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rocky Point, 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 Rocky Point, 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 Rocky Point 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 Rocky Point.
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 | Rocky Point |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Weipa Town |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -12.6173 |
| Longitude | 141.88574 |
| Area | 4.7 km² |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 2018 km northwest |
Rocky Point is a locality in the Weipa Town local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 4.7 km². It lies approximately 2018 km northwest of Brisbane. Rocky Point is located at 12.6173°S, 141.8857°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving.
Rocky Point is a place where the land meets the sea in a rugged embrace. It lies 905.1 km north-west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 325°T), and is situated 4.1 km north-east of Nanum. The coastline here is a series of weathered headlands, their dark rock worn smooth by millennia of wind and wave, dropping steeply to meet the restless turquoise of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Between these rocky outcrops, small, sheltered coves offer respite, their sands a pale gold that gleams under the relentless Queensland sun. The air itself carries a faint, briny tang, a constant reminder of the vast ocean that shapes this edge of the continent, and the vegetation, a hardy scrub of salt-tolerant shrubs and stunted eucalypts, clings tenaciously to the thin soil, their leaves often coated with a fine, salty dust. The light at dusk here can be extraordinary, bleeding across the sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges, painting the ancient rock faces with a temporary, ethereal glow.
The history of Rocky Point is inextricably linked to the bounty of its waters and the resources beneath its earth. For generations, Indigenous peoples have known these shores, their connection to the land and sea as deep and enduring as the tides. Later, European explorers and settlers were drawn by the promise of anchorage and the potential for trade, and the area developed a quiet character shaped by its maritime importance and the discovery of valuable mineral deposits. The local economy, while once reliant on passing ships and rudimentary resource extraction, has evolved to embrace more modern industries, though the echo of its past remains. The distinctive red earth, a signature of the mineral-rich landscape, is a constant visual cue to the underlying wealth, and the small harbour, though modest, still hums with the activity of fishing boats and occasional cargo vessels, a lifeline connecting Rocky Point to the wider world.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Rocky Point, 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 Rocky Point, in the Weipa Town local government area.
Detailed location data for Rocky Point includes the postcode, telephone area code (07), and local government area (Weipa Town). 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 Rocky Point 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. |