Explore Western Flat, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Western Flat, 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 Western Flat, 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 Western Flat 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 Western Flat.
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 | Western Flat |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Tatiara Dc |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -36.56729 |
| Longitude | 140.70188 |
| Population | 118 |
| Density | 0.3 /km² |
| Area | 361.4 km² |
| Elevation | 91 m |
| Postcode | 5268 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 263 km southeast |
Western Flat is a locality in the Tatiara Dc local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 118. The locality covers an area of 361.4 km², giving a population density of about 0.3 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 91 m above sea level. It lies approximately 263 km southeast of Adelaide. Western Flat is located at 36.5673°S, 140.7019°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5268. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Western Flat unfolds across a broad, gently sloping plain, where the sky seems to stretch to an impossible horizon, a canvas of pale blue washed with the fine, persistent dust of the Mallee. It lies 140.2 km north of Mount Gambier, SA (from Mount Gambier, SA: bearing 357°T), and is situated 28.3 km south-south-west of Bordertown. The land here is a study in subtle colour – ochre earth, the muted greens and greys of saltbush and hardy grasses, and the almost ethereal silver of dying grasses after a dry spell. The air, when it stills, carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked soil and the distant sweetness of ripening grain. Farmhouses, weathered and sturdy, are scattered across the landscape like punctuation marks in a long, quiet sentence, each a solitary sentinel against the vastness. The character of Western Flat is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land dictates the pace and the people move with a deep understanding of its moods.
The history of Western Flat is intrinsically tied to the relentless pursuit of agriculture, a testament to the pioneering spirit that carved a living from this often-challenging terrain. Wheat and barley have long been the backbone of the local economy, their golden harvests a cyclical promise against the lean years, their bulk carried away by the ubiquitous trucks that rumble along the unsealed roads, kicking up plumes of that ever-present dust. This is a land that rewards patience and hard work, a place where generations have learned the subtle language of the seasons and the soil. While no grand edifices or bustling markets define Western Flat, its distinctive character lies in this persistent, quiet dedication to the land, a continuous dialogue between humanity and the Mallee's enduring, sun-drenched embrace.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Western Flat, 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 Western Flat, in the Tatiara Dc local government area.
Detailed location data for Western Flat includes the postcode (5268), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Tatiara Dc), 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 Western Flat 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. |