Emerald road trips: Distances and driving times

Emerald is one of the more intriguing Queensland outback towns, lying pretty much on the Tropic of Capricorn and offering a handful of decent tourist attractions. These include a mosaic pathway, a botanic gardens and the world’s biggest (replica) Van Gogh painting.

Emerald also features in several road trip itineraries.

Distances and driving times for road trips starting or ending in Emerald are listed below. Times are estimates created using Google Maps. Click through for full road trip guides.

Emerald distances and driving times

Barcaldine to Emerald: Distance 309km, driving time 3h19m.

Bundaberg to Emerald: Distance 549km, driving time 5h54m. (More Bundaberg road trips).

Emerald to Airlie Beach: Distance 500km, driving time 5h26m. (More Airlie Beach road trips).

Emerald to Cairns: Distance 956km, driving time 10h37m. (More Cairns road trips).

Emerald to Charters Towers: Distance 477km, driving time 4h56m. (More Charters Towers road trips).

Emerald to Clermont: Distance 109km, driving time 1h11m.

Emerald to Longreach: Distance 417km, driving time 4h20m. (More driving times from Longreach)

Emerald to Mackay: Distance 383km, driving time 4h10m.

Emerald to Townsville: Distance 611km, driving time 6h32m. (More Townsville road trips).

Emerald to Winton: Distance 595km, driving time 6h14m. (More driving times to Winton).

Rockhampton to Emerald: Distance 271km, driving time 2h55m. (More Rockhampton road trips).

Roma to Emerald: Distance 402km, driving time 4h23m. (More Roma road trips).

Where to stay in Emerald

The best Emerald accommodations options are:

For central location: Motel 707.
For a more stylish motel: Abode37.
For a good quality motel with cheap rates: A&A Lodge Motel.
For families: Discovery Parks Emerald.

Lake Maraboon, created by Fairbairn Dam near Emerald, Queensland. Photo courtesy of Tourism and Events Queensland/Blink Photography.

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