Raywood district is about 30 km north of Bendigo, closest other towns are Bridgewater to the west, Elmore to the east and Pyramid Hill is a Northern district.

Weather station and telemetry unit of the Raywood soil moisture monitoring site located on the fence line between two paddocks. This site is funded by the Australian Federal Government as part of the National Landcare Program. Crop growing at the Raywood site.