Explore Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tin Can Bay, 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 Tin Can Bay, 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 Tin Can Bay 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 Tin Can Bay.
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 | Tin Can Bay |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Gympie Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -25.88284 |
| Longitude | 152.94619 |
| Population | 2,378 |
| Density | 9.1 /km² |
| Area | 262.2 km² |
| Elevation | 11 m |
| Postcode | 4580 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 177 km north |
Tin Can Bay is a locality in the Gympie Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has a population of approximately 2,378. The locality covers an area of 262.2 km², giving a population density of about 9.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 11 m above sea level. It lies approximately 177 km north of Brisbane. Tin Can Bay is located at 25.8828°S, 152.9462°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4580. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Tin Can Bay breathes with the gentle exhale of the Wide Bay, its waters a shimmering palette of pewter and sapphire under the Queensland sun. It lies 43.9 km north-east of Gympie, QLD (from Gympie, QLD: bearing 40°T), and is situated 12.9 km north-north-west of Cooloola Cove. The landscape here is a soft embrace between land and sea, where mangrove-lined channels snake inland, their roots a tangled calligraphy against the mudflats, and sandy shores meet the dappled shade of coastal scrub. The air, thick with the brine of the ocean and the sweet perfume of flowering eucalypts, carries the distant cry of seabirds and the murmur of a town accustomed to the slow, steady pulse of the tides. Low-slung buildings, painted in hues of sun-bleached pastel and weathered timber, cluster around the foreshore, their verandahs offering a welcome respite from the afternoon heat.
This is a place where the past washes ashore with the tide, a history woven from the bounty of the sea and the resilience of those who have called it home. Tin Can Bay’s origins are tied to the rich fishing grounds and the sheltered harbour, a natural haven that drew sailors and settlers alike. The local economy, still deeply connected to the ocean, thrives on the catches brought ashore – prawns, scallops, and a variety of reef fish that find their way to plates across the region. Travellers are drawn to Tin Can Bay not just for its tranquil waters and the promise of a good meal, but for the chance to witness the daily ballet of the resident bottlenose dolphins, a remarkable and enduring spectacle that has become a cherished hallmark of this coastal community.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Tin Can Bay, 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 Tin Can Bay, in the Gympie Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Tin Can Bay includes the postcode (4580), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Gympie Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner 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 Tin Can Bay 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. |