Explore Lower Turners Marsh, Tasmania, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Turners Marsh, TAS 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 Lower Turners Marsh, Tasmania, 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 Tasmania or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Lower Turners Marsh 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 Lower Turners Marsh.
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 | Lower Turners Marsh |
| State | Tasmania (TAS) |
| Local Government Area | Launceston City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -41.21446 |
| Longitude | 147.1015 |
| Area | 9.3 km² |
| Postcode | 7267 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Hobart | 186 km north |
Lower Turners Marsh is a locality in the Launceston City Council local government area of Tasmania, Australia. The locality covers an area of 9.3 km². It lies approximately 186 km north of Hobart. Lower Turners Marsh is located at 41.2145°S, 147.1015°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 7267. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Lower Turners Marsh unfolds across a landscape of gentle undulations, where the rich, dark earth, often damp from the temperate Tasmanian climate, yields a bounty of agricultural produce. It lies 24.5 km north of Launceston, TAS (from Launceston, TAS: bearing 353°T), and is situated 11.1 km east of Hillwood. The air here carries a subtle, clean scent of damp soil and distant eucalypts, particularly potent after a soft rain, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, mellow shadows that lend a quiet dignity to the rolling pastures. Fences, mostly wire and timber, crisscross the fields, delineating properties that speak of generations of patient husbandry, and the scattered farmhouses, often painted in muted blues or greys, seem to melt into the surrounding greenery. The land itself feels ancient, a patient canvas upon which the seasons paint their ever-changing hues, from the vibrant greens of spring to the burnished golds of late summer.
The history of Lower Turners Marsh is inextricably tied to the fertile soils and the reliable, if sometimes capricious, rainfall that have sustained farming and grazing for well over a century. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich land, carved out lives here, their efforts reflected in the enduring patterns of land use that still shape the locality. The local economy remains primarily agricultural, with dairy herds dotting the paddocks and crops of potatoes and other vegetables thriving in the rich loam. While not a hub of bustling industry, there's a quiet productivity to Lower Turners Marsh, a sense of purpose in the daily routines of its residents. The nearby waterways, tributaries feeding into the broader river systems, have always been a lifeline, providing water for livestock and irrigating the fields, and on clear days, the distant, hazy blue of the Great Western Tiers provides a constant, majestic backdrop to the everyday life of Lower Turners Marsh.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Lower Turners Marsh, Tasmania. 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 Lower Turners Marsh, in the Launceston City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Lower Turners Marsh includes the postcode (7267), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Launceston City 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 Lower Turners Marsh 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. |