Download coordinates as: The Dawn is a rural residential locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The Dawn is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River, which forms its eastern boundary.

Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms part of the western boundary.

[3] The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-east to south, where the line forms part of the south-eastern boundary.

[3][4] The Dawn is a mostly rural-residential area dependent upon Jones Hill and Southside for facilities.