Explore Garden Island, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Garden Island, 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 Garden Island, 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 Garden Island 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 Garden Island.
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 | Garden Island |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Uia Torrens Island |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -34.80705 |
| Longitude | 138.53781 |
| Area | 1.9 km² |
| Postcode | 5015 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 15 km north-northwest |
Garden Island is a locality in the Uia Torrens Island local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 1.9 km². It lies approximately 15 km north-northwest of Adelaide. Garden Island is located at 34.8070°S, 138.5378°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5015.
Garden Island emerges from the brackish waters of the Port River, a low-lying expanse of sandy soil and hardy coastal scrub. It lies 14.4 km north-north-west of Adelaide, SA (from Adelaide, SA: bearing 337°T), and is situated 7.3 km west-south-west of Parafield Gardens. Its contours are gentle, a subtle rise from the waterline where scattered mangroves cling to the mudflats, their aerial roots a tangled calligraphy against the silty expanse. The air here carries the perpetual scent of salt and the distant, metallic tang of industry, a constant reminder of the island's working harbour. On a clear day, the pale, sun-bleached grasses rustle in a breeze that whispers of the open sea, and the light, particularly as it begins to soften towards evening, can cast a warm, ethereal glow over the landscape, transforming the mundane into something quiet and profound.
Historically, Garden Island has been a place of strategic importance and industrial endeavour, its shores first charted and utilised by mariners and later by those seeking to harness the port's potential. For decades, its economy has been intrinsically linked to the maritime activities of the neighbouring mainland, serving as a vital hub for shipbuilding and repair, its workshops and dry docks a testament to decades of skilled labour. While much of its industrial past remains, the island now also hosts significant naval facilities, a continuing evolution of its role as a guardian of the harbour. The presence of these institutions lends a certain gravity to the place, a sense of purpose that underpins the quiet hum of everyday life, punctuated by the occasional cry of gulls and the distant rumble of heavy machinery.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Garden Island, 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 Garden Island, in the Uia Torrens Island local government area.
Detailed location data for Garden Island includes the postcode (5015), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Uia Torrens Island), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of 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 Garden Island 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. |