Sand Rocks

Sand Rocks: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Sand Rocks

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Sand Rocks — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -23.17058, 150.99386. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sand Rocks

• Great Keppel Island · beach · Livingstone Shire · ~4 km · Must-see
• Bell Park · park · Livingstone Shire · ~24 km · Must-see
• Capricorn Coast National Park · sanctuary · Livingstone Shire · ~28 km · Must-see
• Yeppoon Cenotaph · fort · Livingstone Shire · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mount Wheeler · viewpoint · Livingstone Shire · ~41 km · Must-see
• Baga National Park · sanctuary · Livingstone Shire · ~47 km · Must-see
• Byfield National Park · sanctuary · Livingstone Shire · ~51 km · Must-see
• Cape Capricorn Conservation Park · sanctuary · Gladstone Regional · ~54 km · Must-see
• Mount Archer National Park · sanctuary · Livingstone Shire · ~57 km · Must-see
• St. Christophers Chapel · church · Livingstone Shire · ~61 km · Must-see
• Capricorn Caves · cave · Livingstone Shire · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mount Etna Caves National Park · cave · Livingstone Shire · ~66 km · Must-see
• Kershaw Gardens · park · Rockhampton Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
• Curtis Island Conservation Park · sanctuary · Gladstone Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
• North Rockhampton Borough Chambers · fort · Rockhampton Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
• Rundle Range National Park · sanctuary · Gladstone Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
• Fitzroy River Barrage · lake · Rockhampton Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
• Rockhampton Botanical Gardens · church · Rockhampton Regional · ~72 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Sand Rocks

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Sand Rocks

• Humpy Island · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~7 km
• Pumpkin Island · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~16 km
• Curtis Island · river spot · Gladstone Regional · ~66 km
• North West Island · river spot · Gladstone Regional · ~93 km
• Mast Head Island · river spot · Gladstone Regional · ~107 km
• One Tree Island · river spot · Gladstone Regional · ~148 km
• Middle Island · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~10 km
• Miall Island · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~12 km
• Sloping Island · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~16 km
• Square Rocks · river spot · Livingstone Shire · ~17 km

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