Tasmania Maps & Itineraries

Tasmania looks manageable on a map. It’s not a huge island. You can see the whole thing at once, and the distances between towns don’t look that dramatic. Then you start driving and realise the map lied to you.

The roads here twist through mountain passes, detour around harbours, and slow down every time the scenery gets interesting — which is constantly. Hobart to Cradle Mountain is five hours if you’re focused. Most people take two days. That’s not a complaint. That’s the point.

But before any of that, you need to understand where things actually are. Which coast do you prioritise? What can you combine in a day? Where does the west coast road dead-end, and why does that matter? These maps exist to answer those questions — for free, before you’ve booked a single thing.

What Kind of Maps Are on This Page?

All the maps here are built in Google My Maps, which means they’re free, interactive, and work on your phone. You can tap any pin for details, get directions straight to it, or save the whole map to your own Google account to use offline. No app download, no subscription, no faff.

There are three types of maps on this page:

Road Trip Maps

These show you the full route of a Tasmania road trip — the complete lap of the island, broken into stages with drive times between each stop. If you’ve been staring at Google Maps trying to figure out whether to go clockwise or anticlockwise, start here. The maps show you not just the route but where to stay each night, which towns are worth slowing down for, and where the dead-end roads are that most travellers miss.

Itinerary Maps

Got seven days? Ten days? These maps show you exactly how far you can realistically get in your timeframe. The 7-day itinerary map, for instance, shows a tight but doable loop that takes in Hobart, the Tasman Peninsula, the east coast, and Cradle Mountain — without the rookie mistake of trying to squeeze in Strahan on the same trip. The 10-day version opens up the west coast. Each map is built around actual drive times, not optimistic ones.

Check out our detailed Blog Posts for each Tasmania itinerary. Scroll down to Travel Planning.

Attraction Maps

These are topic-specific: best beaches on the east coast, every major stop on Maria Island, the key spots on Bruny Island, the road trip stops along the Heritage Highway. If you’re building your own itinerary and want to see all the options in a particular region at once, these maps let you zoom in and figure out which ones are actually close to each other and which ones require a special trip.

For more planning help, read through our articles on Tasmania’s key attractions and spots.

A Word About Distances in Tasmania

I mention this in almost everything I write about planning a trip here, because it catches people out every single time. Tasmania is roughly 300 kilometres from top to bottom. On a map, that sounds like nothing. It’s not nothing.

The roads are narrow and winding. Speed limits outside the highway stretches rarely exceed 80km/h, and on the west coast roads you’ll be doing 60 for long stretches. The scenery makes you stop constantly — and you should, because the scenery earns it. But you need to build all of that into your planning.

As a rough guide: try to plan no more than three to four hours of driving in a single day if you actually want to enjoy what you’re driving through. The maps on this page are built around that principle. The itinerary maps especially are designed to give you realistic days, not ambitious ones that leave you arriving at your accommodation in the dark, stressed and hungry.

How to Use These Maps

Each map on this page is embedded and ready to explore in your browser. Click any pin to see the name and any notes. Use the expand icon (top right of any map) to open it full screen. On mobile, tap “View larger map” to open it directly in Google Maps on your phone.

To save a map for offline use: open it in Google Maps on your phone, tap the three dots in the top right corner, and select “Download offline map” for the relevant area. Do this while you still have WiFi — ideally before you leave your accommodation each morning in areas with unreliable coverage.

If you want to customise a map — add your own pins, adjust the route, mark accommodation you’ve booked — tap the three dots next to the map title and select “Copy map”. It saves a personal copy to your Google account that you can edit however you like.

Which Tasmania Map Should I Start With?

If you haven’t started planning yet, check out the itinerary and road trip maps first. They give you the clearest picture of the island — where the regions sit, how the main highways connect them, and roughly how long each leg takes.

If you’ve got a set number of days and want someone to tell you what’s actually achievable, the itinerary maps are ideal. They’re built around real trips I’ve taken and routes I’d recommend to someone who wants to see Tasmania properly, not just tick boxes from the back of a hire car.

Once you have that mental model of the island’s layout, everything else starts to make sense.

The Tasmania road trip maps hone in on regions – so if you already know which area you want to go, these are the perfect timesaver.

If you’re already past the big-picture stage and working on the detail — which beaches, which walks, which side trips — go straight to the relevant attraction map and day trip maps for the region you’re building out.

The maps are free. Use them as much as you want.