Explore Back Valley, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Back Valley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Back Valley, 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 Back Valley 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 Back Valley.
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 | Back Valley |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | City Of Victor Harbor |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -35.54177 |
| Longitude | 138.50803 |
| Population | 150 |
| Density | 2.5 /km² |
| Area | 59.4 km² |
| Elevation | 46 m |
| Postcode | 5211 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 69 km south |
Back Valley is a locality in the City Of Victor Harbor local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 150. The locality covers an area of 59.4 km², giving a population density of about 2.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 46 m above sea level. It lies approximately 69 km south of Adelaide. Back Valley is located at 35.5418°S, 138.5080°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5211. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Back Valley unfolds as a landscape of subtle contours and broad skies, where rolling hills, softened by time and weather, embrace pockets of rich, loamy earth. It lies 46.8 km south of Morphett Vale, SA (from Morphett Vale, SA: bearing 182°T), and is situated 8.6 km west-north-west of Encounter Bay. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, salty tang of the ocean, a constant whisper from the neighbouring coast. Patches of hardy native scrub cling to the slopes, their muted greens punctuated by the silver sheen of eucalyptus leaves, rustling gently in the breeze. Sunlight, particularly as it begins its descent, washes the terrain in hues of warm honey and pale rose, lending a quiet, almost melancholic beauty to the scene. The land feels ancient, patient, a repository of seasons and slow growth, where the occasional weathered fence post stands as a silent sentinel.
Historically, Back Valley’s economy has been deeply tethered to the land, its early prosperity built on the back of diligent farming and grazing. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths, and the echoes of this agricultural heritage are still palpable in the quiet diligence of its present-day operations. While tourism draws visitors to the wider region, Back Valley itself retains a character shaped by its agricultural roots, a place where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the steady hum of rural endeavour. The land’s fertility, a gift of its geological past, continues to sustain small-scale producers, their livelihoods woven into the very fabric of this peaceful locality.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Back Valley, 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 Back Valley, in the City Of Victor Harbor local government area.
Detailed location data for Back Valley includes the postcode (5211), telephone area code (08), and local government area (City Of Victor Harbor), 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 Back Valley is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 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. |