Explore Three Creeks, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Three Creeks, 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 Three Creeks, 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 Three Creeks 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 Three Creeks.
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 | Three Creeks |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Pastoral Unincorporated Area |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -32.00235 |
| Longitude | 138.77349 |
| Area | 27.3 km² |
| Postcode | 5432 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 326 km north |
Three Creeks is a locality in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 27.3 km². It lies approximately 326 km north of Adelaide. Three Creeks is located at 32.0023°S, 138.7735°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5432. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Three Creeks lies in a broad, shallow basin where the land begins its slow, almost imperceptible incline towards the ranges. It lies 288.7 km north of Gawler, SA (from Gawler, SA: bearing 1°T), and is situated 78.3 km east-north-east of Quorn. The earth here is a rich, ochreous red, a colour that deepens to a bruised plum after a rain, and it is crisscrossed by the faint, pale scars of ancient watercourses, some dry for years, others carrying a meagre flow that whispers secrets to the dry air. Sparse, hardy saltbush and bluebush cling to the slopes, their grey-green foliage catching the light in a way that makes the landscape seem to breathe, while the distant horizon is a wavering line, softened by the heat haze that perpetually shimmers above the baked plains. The sky itself is an immense, pale dome, often a washed-out blue, but at dusk, it can ignite into a spectacle of bruised purples and fiery oranges, a silent, grand opera played out over the vast, empty theatre of the land.
The story of Three Creeks is one of quiet endurance, a testament to the tenacious spirit that has coaxed a living from this unforgiving terrain for generations. Early pastoralists, drawn by the promise of open country, established sprawling sheep stations here, their fortunes tied to the fickle wool market and the relentless cycle of drought and flood. The local economy still leans heavily on sheep and cattle grazing, the dusty tracks that snake between properties bearing the indelible imprint of hooves and heavy tyres. There are whispers of a mining past, too, of copper and iron ore extracted in leaner times, leaving behind the skeletal remains of old workings that now blend back into the scrub. The character of Three Creeks is one of self-reliance and a deep, unspoken understanding of the land, a place where neighbours are as vital as the water from the bores, and where the rhythm of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the seasons and the slow turning of the earth.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Three Creeks, 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 Three Creeks, in the Pastoral Unincorporated Area local government area.
Detailed location data for Three Creeks includes the postcode (5432), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Pastoral Unincorporated Area), 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 Three Creeks 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. |