Explore Forbes, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Forbes, 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 Forbes, 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 Forbes 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 Forbes.
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 | Forbes |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Mitchell Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -37.31419 |
| Longitude | 144.88784 |
| Area | 34.8 km² |
| Postcode | 3764 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 56 km north |
Forbes is a locality in the Mitchell Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. The locality covers an area of 34.8 km². It lies approximately 56 km north of Melbourne. Forbes is located at 37.3142°S, 144.8878°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3764. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Forbes rests under a sky that often stretches in vast, unbroken blues, its landscape a gentle unfolding of fertile plains that hint at the distant, softer contours of the Lachlan River. It lies 29.9 km north of Craigieburn, VIC (from Craigieburn, VIC: bearing 354°T), and is situated 12.2 km north-north-west of Wallan. The country here breathes with a quiet resilience, a tapestry of paddocks where the golden light of afternoon can settle like a warm, benevolent hand. Patches of gum trees, their bark peeling in papery layers, stand sentinel against the open sky, their leaves a constant, rustling murmur, and the air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the promise of rain. This is a place where the horizon feels both immense and intimately close, where the land offers a steady, dependable presence.
The history of Forbes is deeply entwined with the story of the Lachlan River, a waterway that has shaped its fortunes and its very character. Gold fever once ran hot through these lands, drawing prospectors and dreamers, and the echoes of that ambitious past can still be felt in the resilient spirit of the community. Today, the economy of Forbes is rooted in the rich agricultural soil, a continuation of the pastoral traditions that have sustained it for generations, with sheep and cattle grazing on the verdant pastures. The town itself is a hub for surrounding farming districts, a place where commerce and community flow with a steady, unhurried current, and the river, ever present, remains a vital artery, a source of life and a quiet reminder of the enduring cycles of nature.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Forbes, 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 Forbes, in the Mitchell Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Forbes includes the postcode (3764), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Mitchell 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 Forbes 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. |