Random Location Generator

Spin and land on a random spot anywhere on Earth, or inside a country, state or city you pick. Free, no sign-up.

How it works

1. 1Choose where you want to land.
2. 2Set how many places you want, from 1 to 500.
3. 3Press SPIN.Press SPIN, or the space bar.

The map drops a pin and names the place. Spin again for a new one. Your choices stay set after a refresh, so you can keep spinning from where you left off.

Six ways to land

• AnywhereAny spot on the globe, ocean included. About 7 spins in 10 land in the sea.
• On landAny spot on land. The ocean is skipped, but you can still land in a desert, a forest or on the ice.
• In a continentA named town somewhere on the continent you pick.
• In a countryA named town in the country you pick.
• In a stateA named town in the state or province you pick.
• In a cityThe same towns as In a state, with the town name shown biggest.

Every place pick starts on "Any". Leave it there and each spin picks a new continent, country or state for you. Antarctica has no towns in our list, so In a continent: Antarctica lands on a point on the ice.

A random place in any country or state

Pick a country, such as the USA, India, the UK or the Philippines, and every spin lands on a town inside it. Pick a state, such as Texas or Tasmania, to narrow it further.

The part you leave random shows biggest in the result. Pick Any country and you see the country name first. Pick Italy and you see the town first, with its region and country under it.

Random coordinates, one or 500 at a time

Set "How many places?" to any number up to 500 and one spin gives you the whole list. Each place shows as a numbered pin on the map and a row in the list. Tap a row to find its pin, or a pin to find its row.

Copy the list, or download it as CSV, GeoJSON or plain text. Each row has latitude, longitude, town, state, country and continent where they apply.

• Copy
• CSV
• GeoJSON
• .txt

Anywhere and On land spread points evenly over the globe. Places near the poles do not come up more often than they should.

What you get with each spin

For a single place:

• Coordinates in plain decimals, such as 41.9028, 12.4964.
• The town, state, country and continent, with the country's flag.
• How far away it is and which way, such as "8,400 km northeast of you", if you allow location. Switch between km and miles.
• Google Maps and Street View buttons.
• A share link that opens the same result.
• An image card with the place name, coordinates and a small map, ready to post.

Land on the same places again

Every spin on the map comes with a seed, a short code such as IT-12-7Q2KHB. Open Seed, paste the code and spin to get the same places again. Send it to a class or a friend and everyone gets the same list.

What people use it for

• A setting for a story.
• A quiz round or a geography lesson.
• A trip idea.
• Test locations for an app or a map.

Spin the globe instead

Switch the view to "Spin the globe!" and watch a globe spin and land on your place. It shows one place per spin. The Spin the Globe page opens on the globe, set to a random country.

Where the places come from

Towns come from GeoNames: 64,441 towns of 5,000 people or more, in 246 countries and territories. Country shapes come from Natural Earth. Your browser draws the map and picks the places, with no account and no app. More on the About page.