Explore Marola, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Marola, 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 Marola, 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 Marola 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 Marola.
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 | Marola |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Wakefield Regional Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -33.66927 |
| Longitude | 138.52423 |
| Area | 26.4 km² |
| Postcode | 5464 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 140 km north |
Marola is a locality in the Wakefield Regional Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 26.4 km². It lies approximately 140 km north of Adelaide. Marola is located at 33.6693°S, 138.5242°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5464. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Marola lies cradled by the gentle slopes that tumble towards the southern coast, a landscape painted in muted ochres and faded greens under a vast, often brilliant, sky. It lies 105.3 km north of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 349°T), and is situated 20.7 km north-north-west of Clare. The air here carries a fine, dry dust that settles on everything, a constant reminder of the arid beauty of the country, and in the evenings, the low sun bleeds across the horizon, staining the clouds in hues of bruised plum and soft apricot. Low-slung hills, their backs softened by time and weather, roll away to meet the distant shimmer of the sea, a hazy blue line on the edge of vision, and the occasional cluster of hardy shrubs and wind-scoured gums punctuate the sweeping expanses of pasture.
The story of Marola is one of resilience, etched into the very grain of the land by generations of graziers and farmers who coaxed a living from its often-stubborn soil. This region, once roamed by the Kaurna people, has a history deeply entwined with the pastoral industry, its economy still anchored by sheep and cattle, their bleating and lowing a familiar soundtrack to the quiet days. The main street, a modest collection of weathered buildings, speaks of a past when the general store was the hub of all news and commerce, and today, the subtle hum of agricultural machinery is the dominant sound, a testament to the enduring connection Marola maintains with the earth that sustains it.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Marola, 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 Marola, in the Wakefield Regional Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Marola includes the postcode (5464), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Wakefield Regional 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 Marola 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. |