Explore Upper Warrego, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Warrego, 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 Upper Warrego, 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 Upper Warrego 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 Upper Warrego.
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 | Upper Warrego |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Murweh Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -25.12889 |
| Longitude | 147.33657 |
| Area | 4962.6 km² |
| Postcode | 4477 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 624 km west-northwest |
Upper Warrego is a locality in the Murweh Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 4962.6 km². It lies approximately 624 km west-northwest of Brisbane. Upper Warrego is located at 25.1289°S, 147.3366°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4477. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Upper Warrego lies on a broad, gently tilting plain, where the sky seems to press down with an almost physical weight, a vast canvas of pale blue stretching to horizons that blur into the heat haze. It lies 376.0 km west-south-west of Rockhampton City, QLD (from Rockhampton City, QLD: bearing 238°T), and is situated 105.8 km north-east of Augathella. The land itself is a study in muted ochres and dusty greens, a sparse carpet of Mitchell grass and scattered mulga scrub that rustles with a dry whisper in the prevailing breeze. Here and there, tenacious wildflowers push up through the baked earth after a rare rain, brief explosions of colour in the otherwise subdued palette. The air carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and the subtle, almost sweet aroma of eucalyptus, a constant reminder of the ancient landscape. The silence here is profound, punctuated only by the call of a distant bird or the low hum of a passing vehicle, a quietude that allows the sheer scale of the country to assert itself.
The history of Upper Warrego is intrinsically linked to the pastoral leases that opened up this country, the hardy souls who carved livelihoods from its unforgiving soil through sheep and cattle grazing. The economy still largely turns on the backs of these animals, with wool bales and prime beef forming the backbone of the local trade, their transport a vital artery connecting this distant place to wider markets. Along the dusty tracks and the occasional bitumen road, one can still see the echoes of earlier days – a weathered fence post, a solitary windmill turning its slow, steady dance against the immense sky, a quiet testament to generations of perseverance. The nearby Warrego River, though often a mere ribbon of water in this arid zone, has always been the lifeblood, its presence shaping settlement and sustaining the land, a subtle, enduring power in the grand, open theatre of Upper Warrego.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Upper Warrego, 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 Upper Warrego, in the Murweh Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Upper Warrego includes the postcode (4477), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Murweh 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 Upper Warrego 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. |