Explore Balgowan, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balgowan, 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 Balgowan, 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 Balgowan 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 Balgowan.
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 | Balgowan |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.31818 |
| Longitude | 137.52013 |
| Population | 153 |
| Density | 1.7 /km² |
| Area | 90.9 km² |
| Elevation | 46 m |
| Postcode | 5573 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 120 km northwest |
Balgowan is a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 153. The locality covers an area of 90.9 km², giving a population density of about 1.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 46 m above sea level. It lies approximately 120 km northwest of Adelaide. Balgowan is located at 34.3182°S, 137.5201°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5573. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Balgowan unfurls onto a coastline where the land relinquishes its grip with a sigh of ochre earth and hardy scrub. It lies 116.5 km west-north-west of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 285°T), and is situated 14.3 km west-north-west of Maitland. Here, the Yorke Peninsula begins to fray at its edges, the terrain a gentle, rolling tapestry stitched with the silver-green of saltbush and the stoic grey of weathered rock. The air, always carrying a whisper of the sea, tastes of brine and the dry, warm breath of the continent. Sun-bleached fences, like skeletal fingers, point towards horizons that seem to stretch forever, meeting a sky that can shift from the deepest sapphire to a bruised, hazy grey in the space of an afternoon. The sparse vegetation clings tenaciously, a testament to the resilience of life in this sun-drenched corner of the coast, where the muted colours of the land blend seamlessly with the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean.
The history of Balgowan is deeply entwined with the bounty and the challenges of the sea and the soil. For generations, fishing has been the lifeblood, with modest catches of snapper and whiting sustaining families and drawing a quiet trickle of visitors seeking the simple pleasures of a coastal existence. Before that, the land offered sustenance through sheep grazing, the wool a valuable commodity that connected this remote outpost to distant markets. Evidence of this past can be seen in the weathered remnants of jetties, now serving more as perches for seabirds than for the working boats of yesteryear, and in the stoic, salt-blasted farmhouses that dot the landscape, their stories etched into the very timber of their walls. The pace of life in Balgowan is dictated by the tides and the seasons, a gentle, unhurried rhythm that has shaped the character of this place and its people, fostering a quiet camaraderie born of shared experience and a deep respect for the enduring power of nature.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Balgowan, 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 Balgowan, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Balgowan includes the postcode (5573), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Yorke Peninsula Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer 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 Balgowan 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. |