Explore Stokes, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Stokes, 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 Stokes, 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 Stokes 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 Stokes.
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 | Stokes |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Carpentaria Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -18.65001 |
| Longitude | 140.39477 |
| Area | 11721.6 km² |
| Postcode | 4823 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1620 km northwest |
Stokes is a locality in the Carpentaria Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 11721.6 km². It lies approximately 1620 km northwest of Brisbane. Stokes is located at 18.6500°S, 140.3948°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4823. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Stokes is a place etched by the vastness of the Gulf of Carpentaria, where the land exhales a dry, resilient breath under an enormous sky. It lies 668.7 km west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 275°T), and is situated 99.1 km south-south-west of Normanton. The landscape here unfolds in broad, sun-bleached expanses, a mosaic of scrubland and the occasional hardy acacia, punctuated by the deeper green of ephemeral watercourses that scar the earth after the infrequent rains. The air itself carries a faint, mineral tang, a whisper of the ancient geology that underpins this rugged terrain, and the silence, when it falls, is profound, broken only by the rustle of dry grass or the distant cry of a bird of prey circling high above. The horizon is a sharp, unwavering line, a constant reminder of the sheer scale of this country, and the light, particularly in the early morning and late afternoon, paints the land in hues of ochre, burnt sienna, and a startling, luminous gold that seems to seep from the very soil.
The history of Stokes is as much about endurance as it is about settlement, a story woven into the fabric of the land through the legacy of pastoralism. For generations, cattle have been a lifeblood here, the vast properties demanding a breed of individual as tough and unyielding as the country itself. The local economy, while primarily tied to the fortunes of the cattle stations that stretch for kilometres across the plains, also feels the pulse of the wider Carpentaria Shire, with a quiet commerce catering to the needs of the few souls who call this remote corner home. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Stokes, but its distinction lies in its raw, untamed beauty, the profound sense of isolation, and the enduring spirit of those who have chosen to make their lives in this challenging, yet undeniably captivating, corner of Queensland.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Stokes, 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 Stokes, in the Carpentaria Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Stokes includes the postcode (4823), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Carpentaria Shire), 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 Stokes 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. |