Musselroe Bay, Dorset Council, Tasmania
Explore Musselroe Bay, Tasmania, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Musselroe Bay, 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 Musselroe Bay, 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 Musselroe Bay 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 Musselroe Bay.
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.
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| Locality | Musselroe Bay |
| State | Tasmania (TAS) |
| Local Government Area | Dorset Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -40.87629 |
| Longitude | 148.13784 |
| Population | 41 |
| Density | 0.7 /km² |
| Area | 61.1 km² |
| Elevation | 62 m |
| Postcode | 7264 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Hobart | 233 km north-northeast |
Musselroe Bay is a locality in the Dorset Council local government area of Tasmania, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 41. The locality covers an area of 61.1 km², giving a population density of about 0.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 62 m above sea level. It lies approximately 233 km north-northeast of Hobart. Musselroe Bay is located at 40.8763°S, 148.1378°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 7264. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Musselroe Bay unfurls a quiet drama of land and sea along Tasmania's northeastern coast. It lies 104.1 km north-east of Launceston, TAS (from Launceston, TAS: bearing 54°T), and is situated 48.9 km north of St Helens. The landscape here is a study in subtle transitions, where rolling hills, cloaked in a patchwork of emerald pasture and ochre earth, surrender to the vast, indifferent blue of the Bass Strait. The air, perpetually carrying the tang of salt and the faint, sweet perfume of coastal heath, whispers of the sea's enduring presence. Long, sandy beaches, often deserted save for the cry of seabirds and the rhythmic sigh of the surf, stretch towards horizons that blur with the distant, hazy outline of the mainland. The light at dusk paints these shores in hues of rose and amethyst, a fleeting spectacle that softens the ruggedness of the terrain and imbues the very air with a sense of profound peace.
This stretch of coast, while seemingly remote, carries the echoes of a past shaped by resilience and resourcefulness. For generations, the economy of Musselroe Bay has been tethered to the bounty of the ocean and the fertility of its land. Fishing fleets, though perhaps smaller now than in days of yore, still venture out, their catches a vital contribution to the local livelihood. Sheep graze the undulating paddocks, their wool a testament to the hardy nature of the livestock and the land that sustains them. The history of settlement here is one of hardy pioneers, drawn by the promise of open space and the sea's generous, if sometimes unforgiving, embrace. Musselroe Bay, in its quiet way, stands as a reminder of the enduring connection between people and place, a landscape where the rhythm of the tides dictates the pulse of life.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Musselroe Bay, 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 Musselroe Bay, in the Dorset Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Musselroe Bay includes the postcode (7264), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Dorset 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 Musselroe Bay 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. |