| Type: | town |
| Rocky Cape | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 206 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 census |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7321 |
| Region: | North-west and west |
| Location1: | Wynyard |
| Dist1: | 30 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Lga: | Circular Head, Waratah-Wynyard |
| Stategov: | Braddon |
| Fedgov: | Braddon |
| Near-Nw: | Port Latta |
| Near-N: | Bass Strait |
| Near-Ne: | Rocky Cape National Park |
| Near-W: | Mawbanna |
| Near-E: | Sisters Beach |
| Near-Sw: | Shakespeare Hills Forest Reserve |
| Near-S: | Dip Range Regional Reserve |
| Near-Se: | Montumana |
Rocky Cape is a locality and small rural community in the local government areas of Circular Head and Waratah-Wynyard, in the North-west and west region of Tasmania. It is located about north-west of the town of Wynyard. The Bass Highway passes through from south-east to north-west. The Rocky Cape National Park is in the north-east of the locality. The 2016 census determined a population of 206 for the state suburb of Rocky Cape.[1]
The Detention River flows through the locality, which was previously known as “Detention”.[2]
The C227 route (Rocky Cape Road) terminates at the Bass Highway in Rocky Cape. It runs north-east to the promontory “Rocky Cape”, within the national park.[3]