Explore Valley Of Lagoons, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Valley Of Lagoons, 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 Valley Of Lagoons, 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 Valley Of Lagoons 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 Valley Of Lagoons.
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 | Valley Of Lagoons |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Charters Towers Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -18.75836 |
| Longitude | 145.41843 |
| Area | 4496.4 km² |
| Postcode | 4850 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1242 km northwest |
Valley Of Lagoons is a locality in the Charters Towers Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 4496.4 km². It lies approximately 1242 km northwest of Brisbane. Valley Of Lagoons is located at 18.7584°S, 145.4184°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4850. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Valley Of Lagoons unfurls across a landscape of rolling plains and scattered rock outcrops, where the Queensland sun bakes the ochre earth to a deep, resonant hue. It lies 149.3 km west-north-west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 294°T), and is situated 78.2 km west of Ingham. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, mineral scent, punctuated by the sharp, clean perfume of eucalyptus leaves that seem to absorb the very light. Sparse stands of ironbark and bloodwood trees, their bark like ancient, cracked leather, offer pockets of shade to the resident kangaroos and wallabies, their movements a silent ballet against the shimmering heat haze. The land itself feels ancient, a vast, patient canvas under an immense sky, where the colour of the earth shifts subtly through shades of rust, burnt sienna, and pale gold with the changing angle of the sun.
The history of Valley Of Lagoons is as deeply etched into this country as the dry creek beds that ribbon its surface. Once a vital stopping point for travellers traversing the vast distances of the north, its early days were tied to the fortunes of grazing and the persistent allure of mineral wealth, though mining never quite took root here with the tenacity seen elsewhere. Today, the local economy is largely sustained by the hardy pursuit of cattle grazing, the vast properties stretching to horizons that seem to merge with the sky. The quiet hum of life in Valley Of Lagoons is one of resilience and self-sufficiency, a place where the pace is dictated by the seasons and the enduring spirit of the land itself.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Valley Of Lagoons, 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 Valley Of Lagoons, in the Charters Towers Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Valley Of Lagoons includes the postcode (4850), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Charters Towers Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of 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 Valley Of Lagoons 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. |