A random place on Earth, one click away
The Random Location Generator drops a pin on a truly random spot and flies the globe there on satellite imagery. Pick anywhere on land, inside one country, within a radius of a place you choose, or a random country altogether. Every roll shows the coordinates in decimal degrees and degrees-minutes-seconds, the country, the nearest named town or region, and links to open the spot in Google Maps, Street View or OpenStreetMap. Your last ten rolls stay in a list so you can jump back to them.
Because points are spread evenly by area, the results look like the real planet: plenty of Siberian taiga, Saharan sand, Canadian tundra and Australian outback, and the occasional village. That makes it good for geography games and GeoGuessr-style practice, picking a spot for a creative writing prompt or a drawing, choosing a random country to learn about or cook from, or finding somewhere new to explore within a day's drive of home.
Download the map as a PNG with the place and coordinates on it. To share the discovery as a video, Fly me there sends the location to Mapimator Studio as a ready-made animation — a slow descent from space to your random pin — that you can restyle and export as MP4.
Frequently asked questions
Are the random locations truly random?
Yes, and evenly spread by area. Points are drawn uniformly over the sphere — latitude is picked so that every square kilometer has the same chance, rather than every degree, which would crowd points near the poles. A point is kept only if it lands inside a country outline, so each square kilometer of land is equally likely.
Can I get a random location in a specific country?
Yes. Choose In a country and pick it from the list; every roll then lands somewhere inside that country's borders, again evenly by area — so in Australia you'll see a lot of outback, just like the real map.
How do I get a random place near me?
Choose Near a place, search for your town or address, and set a radius in kilometers or miles (up to 5,000 km). Points are spread evenly over the circle. Keep Land only on to skip lakes and sea; turn it off to allow any point.
Can I see the random location in Street View?
Each roll gives you links to open the spot in Google Maps, Google Street View and OpenStreetMap. Street View opens the nearest available panorama — many remote places have none, in which case Google shows the map instead.
What is the nearest place shown under each roll?
It's a reverse lookup from OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service: the nearest named town, village or district, its region and country. Remote spots — the Sahara, Siberia, the Australian outback — often only have a region name, and points at sea have none.
Can I turn a random location into a video?
Yes. Click Fly me there to open it in Mapimator Studio as a short animation: the globe from space, then a flight down to your random spot with a pin, on satellite imagery. A random country is highlighted instead. Studio is free to start.