Explore Tanwood, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tanwood, 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 Tanwood, 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 Tanwood 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 Tanwood.
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 | Tanwood |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Pyrenees Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -37.00935 |
| Longitude | 143.38712 |
| Population | 30 |
| Density | 1.6 /km² |
| Area | 18.6 km² |
| Elevation | 262 m |
| Postcode | 3478 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 165 km west-northwest |
Tanwood is a locality in the Pyrenees Shire local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 30. The locality covers an area of 18.6 km², giving a population density of about 1.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 262 m above sea level. It lies approximately 165 km west-northwest of Melbourne. Tanwood is located at 37.0093°S, 143.3871°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3478. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Tanwood rests where the Pyrenees Shire begins to fold its soft, green shoulders towards the western plains. It lies 84.4 km west-south-west of Bendigo, VIC (from Bendigo, VIC: bearing 250°T), and is situated 10.6 km north-west of Avoca. The land here is a generous quilt of rolling paddocks, stitched with the dark, determined lines of scattered eucalypts and the brighter, more fleeting green of lucerne fields. The air carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-warmed earth and the faint, sweet perfume of distant wildflowers, especially potent after a rare shower. Waterways, mere whispers of silver in drier times, can swell into purposeful, gurgling streams that snake through the landscape, their banks often fringed with the feathery fronds of native grasses. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, has a particular quality, a honeyed glow that softens the edges of the hills and lends a quiet majesty to the grazing sheep dotting the slopes.
The story of Tanwood is one of tenacious settlement, where early graziers carved out lives from the rich, volcanic soil. The echoes of that past are subtle, found in the sturdy, weathered woolsheds that stand like stoic sentinels against the sky, and in the occasional crumbling stone fence, a testament to patient labour. Today, the rhythm of Tanwood is still largely dictated by the land; sheep and cattle remain central to its economy, their wool and meat finding their way to markets far beyond the horizon. Yet, a growing number of smaller farms are experimenting with more diverse produce, adding a fresh vibrancy to the local market days. Travellers passing through often pause, drawn by the quiet charm and the genuine warmth of the people, a characteristic that has become as much a part of Tanwood’s identity as the fertile earth itself.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Tanwood, 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 Tanwood, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Tanwood includes the postcode (3478), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Pyrenees 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 Tanwood 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. |