Gawler Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Peninsula about 380 kilometres (240 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 48 kilometres (30 miles) north of the town centre of Wudinna and which is associated with the protected area known as the Gawler Ranges National Park.

The name itself is derived from both the mountain range and the national park.

[1][11] Land use within Gawler Ranges is divided between conservation and other uses permitted by planning legislation such as agriculture with the former use being associated with the national park which fully occupies the locality's eastern side.

[9][2][12] Gawler Ranges is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles, the Wudinna District Council, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's Far North region.

[2][6][7][5] Gawler Ranges is bounded by the following localities gazetted under the South Australian Geographical Names Act 1991:[1]