Explore Inneston, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Inneston, 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 Inneston, 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 Inneston 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 Inneston.
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 | Inneston |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -35.22694 |
| Longitude | 136.90274 |
| Population | 12 |
| Density | 0.1 /km² |
| Area | 116.5 km² |
| Elevation | 5 m |
| Postcode | 5577 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 158 km west-southwest |
Inneston is a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 12. The locality covers an area of 116.5 km², giving a population density of about 0.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 5 m above sea level. It lies approximately 158 km west-southwest of Adelaide. Inneston is located at 35.2269°S, 136.9027°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5577. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Inneston, a ghost of a town, breathes a dry, mineral scent upon the air, a scent born of saltbush and sun-baked earth. It lies 148.2 km west of Morphett Vale, SA (from Morphett Vale, SA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 80.0 km north-west of Kingscote. The land here is a study in muted tones: ochre clays bleed into pale, sandy tracks, and the sparse, hardy vegetation, a mosaic of grey-green, clings tenaciously to the undulating terrain. Sheep graze in scattered mobs, their wool a stark white against the dusty ground, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind and the distant, mournful cry of a bird of prey wheeling in the immense, pale blue sky. The distant shimmer of salt lakes, like shattered mirrors, hints at a water source that is both life-giving and harsh, a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shape this starkly beautiful country.
The history of Inneston is etched in the weathered timber of its abandoned buildings, a testament to a boom and bust cycle driven by the extraction of gypsum. For a time, this was a bustling centre, the rhythmic clatter of machinery and the shouts of workers echoing across the plains as tonnes of the mineral were ferried to market. The railway line, now a silent scar across the landscape, speaks of a past ambition, a connection to the wider world that has long since faded. Today, Inneston is a place of quiet contemplation, a destination for those seeking solitude and a tangible connection to the raw, untamed spirit of the Yorke Peninsula. The very air seems to hum with the memories of those who once worked this unforgiving land, their lives a chapter in the ongoing story of the Australian bush.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Inneston, 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 Inneston, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Inneston includes the postcode (5577), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Yorke Peninsula Council), 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 Inneston 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. |