Explore Mount Augustus, Western Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mount Augustus, WA 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 Mount Augustus, Western Australia, 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 Western Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Mount Augustus 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 Mount Augustus.
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 | Mount Augustus |
| State | Western Australia (WA) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -24.32509 |
| Longitude | 116.8417 |
| Elevation | 1055 m |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Perth | 854 km north |
Mount Augustus is a locality in Western Australia, Australia. It sits at an elevation of around 1055 m above sea level. It lies approximately 854 km north of Perth. Mount Augustus is located at 24.3251°S, 116.8417°E. It observes Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving.
Mount Augustus rises as a colossal, solitary monolith of sandstone and conglomerate, dominating the surrounding scrublands like a weathered titan cast in hues of ochre and bruised purple. It lies 542.2 km north-north-east of Geraldton, WA (from Geraldton, WA: bearing 25°T). The vast, arid plains stretch toward a horizon that shimmers under a relentless sun, where the air tastes of dry earth and ancient, sun-baked stone. As the day retreats, the light softens into a bruised amber, bleeding across the ridgelines to reveal the intricate, jagged fissures that score the mountain’s flanks. This grand geological presence dictates the mood of the landscape, casting long, cooling shadows over the sparse mulga and spinifex that cling to the lower slopes. The silence here is heavy and resonant, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of a wedge-tailed eagle circling the thermals in the breathless heat.
Mount Augustus serves as the silent anchor for a landscape defined by the legacies of pastoral grazing and the enduring presence of the Lyons River, which carves a vein of life through the parched terrain. The economy of this remote frontier remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, where station life continues to balance the demands of cattle and sheep against the erratic cycle of rainfall. Beyond the working stations, the mountain draws those seeking the stark, unfiltered clarity of the desert, where the stillness of the night sky offers a view of the cosmos undimmed by the reach of distant lights. Rock art sites tucked into the sheltered gullies provide a quiet link to the deep human history of the region, grounding the experience of the traveller in a sense of immense, unhurried time. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, favouring the resilience of those who find beauty in the austere, iron-rich dust and the sudden, fleeting transformation of the desert after the rains.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Mount Augustus, Western Australia. 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 Mount Augustus.
Detailed location data for Mount Augustus includes the postcode, telephone area code (08). 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 Mount Augustus 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. |