Explore Chin, Alberta, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chin, Alberta. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Alberta or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Chin and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Chin.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Chin |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 25-9-19-W4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.763333 |
| Longitude | -112.445833 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T1M |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IAMJV |
Chin is a hamlet in 25-9-19-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Chin is located at 49.7633°N, 112.4458°W.
Chin sits amidst the vast, open expanse of the southern Alberta prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims the greater share of the world. It lies 21.3 km west of Taber, AB (from Taber, AB: bearing 264°T), and is situated 13.1 km west of Barnwell. The land here carries a quiet, persistent weight, defined by the dry grasses that ripple under the constant push of the wind and the pale, translucent light that lingers long after the sun has dipped toward the horizon. Though the Oldman River flows through the distant lowlands about 9 km away, the immediate terrain remains dominated by the flat, arid plains that have long dictated the way life moves across this expanse. Nearby, the waters of Stafford Reservoir lie about 7 km away, offering a rare, still mirror to the clouds, while the presence of Park Lake Provincial Park 34 km away provides a distant point of refuge for those seeking the shade of trees in a landscape otherwise defined by its unyielding, sun-bleached openness. Chin persists as a point of arrival and departure, rooted in an agricultural heritage that demands resilience from those who work the stubborn, productive soil. The local economy draws its strength from the cycles of grain and harvest, a quiet cycle of labor that mirrors the seasonal shifts of the plains. Life in Chin follows the practical, necessary movements of farming and transport, maintaining a character shaped by the isolation of the surrounding fields rather than the bustle of larger centers. Even with the lure of recreation at Park Lake Provincial Park, the daily reality remains tied to the vast, golden fields that surround the homesteads. In the quiet of an afternoon, one might notice how the dust from a passing truck hangs momentarily in the air, a fleeting, golden haze that settles back onto the earth, marking the passage of time in a place that measures itself by the success of the crop and the endurance of the wind.
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Explore Chin, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 49.763333, -112.445833. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Chin includes the postal code (T1M), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Chin is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |