Explore Tatyoon, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tatyoon, 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 Tatyoon, 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 Tatyoon 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 Tatyoon.
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 | Tatyoon |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Ararat Rural City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -37.5008 |
| Longitude | 142.99395 |
| Population | 126 |
| Density | 0.5 /km² |
| Area | 250.7 km² |
| Elevation | 280 m |
| Postcode | 3378 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 177 km west |
Tatyoon is a locality in the Ararat Rural City local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 126. The locality covers an area of 250.7 km², giving a population density of about 0.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 280 m above sea level. It lies approximately 177 km west of Melbourne. Tatyoon is located at 37.5008°S, 142.9940°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3378. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Tatyoon rests in a broad, sun-drenched valley where the land begins to roll gently towards the distant Grampians. It lies 106.0 km north-north-east of Warrnambool, VIC (from Warrnambool, VIC: bearing 24°T), and is situated 26.1 km south of Ararat. The air here carries the scent of dry grasses and eucalypt, a fragrance that deepens with the heat of the day. Fields of ripening wheat, a golden ocean stretching to the horizon, are punctuated by the darker greens of scattered sheep grazing on pasture. The sky overhead is a vast, pale blue, often streaked with wisps of cloud that drift with an almost imperceptible languor, casting fleeting shadows across the undulating terrain. The earth itself is a rich, ochre red, a testament to its fertile potential, and the silence is broken only by the whir of insects and the occasional bleating of sheep.
The history of Tatyoon is intrinsically tied to the land and the hardy souls who have worked it. Sheep farming has long been the backbone of the local economy, the wool a tangible product of the sun and soil. The railway line, now silent, once brought lifeblood to the district, carrying grain and livestock to market and connecting this quiet corner to the wider world. Remnants of earlier settlements, a scattering of old homesteads half-hidden by encroaching scrub, hint at the generations who have weathered the droughts and celebrated the good seasons. Today, Tatyoon remains a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a place where the enduring spirit of agriculture still defines its character.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Tatyoon, 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 Tatyoon, in the Ararat Rural City local government area.
Detailed location data for Tatyoon includes the postcode (3378), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Ararat Rural 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 Tatyoon 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. |