Explore Cardigan, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cardigan, 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 Cardigan, 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 Cardigan 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 Cardigan.
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 | Cardigan |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Ballarat City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -37.53563 |
| Longitude | 143.74517 |
| Population | 763 |
| Density | 20.9 /km² |
| Area | 36.5 km² |
| Elevation | 422 m |
| Postcode | 3352 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 112 km west-northwest |
Cardigan is a locality in the Ballarat City local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 763. The locality covers an area of 36.5 km², giving a population density of about 20.9 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 422 m above sea level. It lies approximately 112 km west-northwest of Melbourne. Cardigan is located at 37.5356°S, 143.7452°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3352. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Cardigan unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a soft green blanket brushed by the wide, pale blue of the Victorian sky. It lies 63.3 km west-north-west of Bacchus Marsh, VIC (from Bacchus Marsh, VIC: bearing 284°T), and is situated 7.2 km west of Wendouree. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of dry grasses and distant eucalypts, particularly potent in the hushed hours of late afternoon when the sun casts long, attenuated shadows across the fields. Farm fences, sturdy and weathered, trace neat lines across the terrain, dividing pastures where the slow rhythm of grazing sheep and cattle dictates the visual pulse of the land. The character of Cardigan is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land itself seems to breathe a deep, unhurried breath, its contours shaped by wind and water over countless seasons.
The history of Cardigan is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland of the region, its economy built upon the fertile soil that supports grazing and cropping. While the gold rushes of neighbouring areas brought fleeting booms to the wider district, Cardigan has maintained a steady, dependable pulse, its prosperity rooted in the enduring cycles of farming. You can sense the generations of labour in the well-maintained farmhouses and the meticulously cleared paddocks, a quiet testament to persistent effort. The local roads, some sealed and some still dusty tracks, are arteries carrying the bounty of the land to market, a constant, understated flow that defines the economic lifeblood of Cardigan.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Cardigan, 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 Cardigan, in the Ballarat City local government area.
Detailed location data for Cardigan includes the postcode (3352), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Ballarat City), 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 Cardigan 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. |