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Arkaroola Village South Australia Map

Explore Arkaroola Village, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Arkaroola Village, SA 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.

Interactive Map of Arkaroola Village, South Australia

How to Use This Arkaroola Village, South Australia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arkaroola Village, South Australia, 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 South Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Arkaroola Village 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 Arkaroola Village.

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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LocalityArkaroola Village
StateSouth Australia (SA)
Local Government AreaPastoral Unincorporated Area
CountryAustralia
TimezoneAustralian Central Time (ACST/ACDT)
RemotenessVery Remote Australia
Latitude-30.31878
Longitude139.32964
Population174
Density30.2 /km²
Area5.8 km²
Elevation344 m
Postcode5732
Area Code08
Distance to Adelaide517 km north

About Arkaroola Village, South Australia

Arkaroola Village is a locality in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 174. The locality covers an area of 5.8 km², giving a population density of about 30.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 344 m above sea level. It lies approximately 517 km north of Adelaide. Arkaroola Village is located at 30.3188°S, 139.3296°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5732. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.

Arkaroola Village lies cradled by the rugged Flinders Ranges, a landscape painted in ochre and rust, where ancient rock formations stand sentinel against an endless sky. It lies 479.0 km north of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 7°T), and is situated 43.8 km north-east of Nepabunna. The air here carries the dry perfume of saltbush and the faint, mineral tang of the earth, a scent that clings to everything. Sunlight, sharp and unapologetic in the daytime, softens to a honeyed glow as it spills over the serrated peaks in the late afternoon, casting long, dramatic shadows that deepen the canyons and accentuate the raw, untamed beauty of the country. Here, the silence is a palpable presence, broken only by the whisper of the wind through sparse, resilient vegetation or the distant cry of a wedge-tailed eagle circling high above.

This remote outpost, Arkaroola Village, has a history as deeply etched as the dry creek beds that scar the surrounding terrain. Once a place of prospectors and hardy pastoralists, its economy is now largely sustained by a burgeoning tourism industry, drawn by the unparalleled geological wonders and the stark, captivating beauty of the region. Visitors come to explore the self-guided tours through the ancient rock formations, some dating back billions of years, a journey through time that feels almost sacred. The village itself is a modest collection of buildings, a testament to human perseverance in this challenging yet profoundly beautiful environment, a place where the vastness of the outback humbles the spirit and ignites a sense of wonder.

Nearby Places to Explore — Arkaroola Village, SA

Nearby Places of Interest

Dodwell Observatory
Attraction · 0.9 km NNE
Mining Museum
Museum · 1 km NE
Oliphant Observatory
Attraction · 1 km NE
Frome Lookout
Lookout / Viewpoint · 4 km ESE
Arkaroola Waterhole
Lookout / Viewpoint · 4 km N
Arkaroola Station
Lookout / Viewpoint · 5 km ESE
Lively's Gold Find
Attraction · 5 km ESE
Welcome Mine
Historic Ruins · 6 km E
Bola Bolana smelter
Historic Ruins · 6 km WNW
Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges
National Park · 20 km WSW · 126,246 ha
Nantawarrina
Indigenous Protected Area · 44 km SW · 1 ha
Lake Frome
National Park · 65 km SE · 259,361 ha
Truck Drivers Memorial
Monument / Memorial · 68 km W

Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.

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About This Arkaroola Village Map Page

This page provides a street and satellite map of Arkaroola Village, South Australia. 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 Arkaroola Village, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.

Detailed location data for Arkaroola Village includes the postcode (5732), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Pastoral Unincorporated Area), 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 Arkaroola Village is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.

Page generatedOctober 2026
Location dataGeoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity
Map layersGoogle 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)
DescriptionEditorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data.