Explore Ashbourne, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ashbourne, VIC 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 Ashbourne, Victoria, 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 Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Ashbourne 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 Ashbourne.
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 | Ashbourne |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Macedon Ranges Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -37.41163 |
| Longitude | 144.46036 |
| Area | 39.0 km² |
| Postcode | 3442 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 63 km northwest |
Ashbourne is a locality in the Macedon Ranges Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. The locality covers an area of 39.0 km². It lies approximately 63 km northwest of Melbourne. Ashbourne is located at 37.4116°S, 144.4604°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3442. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Ashbourne rests in a fold of the land, where the gentle rise of the Macedon Ranges begins to soften into undulating pasture. It lies 27.3 km north-west of Sunbury, VIC (from Sunbury, VIC: bearing 305°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-west of Gisborne. The sky here, particularly in the late afternoon, can hold a luminous quality, a pale, almost milky blue that seems to infuse the very air with a quiet luminescence. Eucalyptus trees, their bark peeling in papery strips, stand sentinel over paddocks that are often dotted with the patient shapes of grazing cattle. The roads, a network of bitumen and gravel, wind through this landscape like pale ribbons, connecting scattered farmhouses and the modest centre of Ashbourne itself. The air carries the clean scent of dry grass and the faint, earthy perfume of the native bushland that presses in from the surrounding hills.
The story of Ashbourne is one of quiet persistence, a narrative woven from the threads of early pastoral settlement and the enduring agricultural spirit of the region. For generations, the rich volcanic soil has sustained sheep and cattle grazing, the lifeblood of the local economy, with a growing number of smaller holdings now focusing on boutique produce and artisanal food stuffs. The town itself, a cluster of essential services and residential streets, serves as a gentle hub for these surrounding properties. While not a place of grand historical monuments, Ashbourne carries its past in the weathered timber of older buildings and the deep roots of families who have worked this land for decades, their lives a steady rhythm against the backdrop of the changing seasons.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Ashbourne, Victoria. 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 Ashbourne, in the Macedon Ranges Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Ashbourne includes the postcode (3442), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Macedon Ranges Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner 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 Ashbourne 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. |