Explore Nimpkish Heights, British Columbia, 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.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nimpkish Heights, British Columbia. 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 British Columbia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Nimpkish Heights 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 Nimpkish Heights.
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 | Nimpkish Heights |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Rupert Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 50.566667 |
| Longitude | -127.0 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V0P |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | JCRRB |
Nimpkish Heights is a locality in Rupert Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Nimpkish Heights is located at 50.5667°N, 127.0000°W.
Nimpkish Heights occupies a rugged stretch of the Pacific coast where the land rises sharply toward the slopes of McDonald Hill. It lies 6.4 km east-south-east of Port McNeill, BC (from Port McNeill, BC: bearing 113°T), and is situated 5.4 km west-south-west of Alert Bay. The Nimpkish River carves a path through the terrain, its cold, dark currents mirroring the heavy clouds that often drift in from the ocean to cling to the timbered hillsides. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, casting long shadows that swallow the shoreline and make the distant peaks feel like silent sentinels watching over the water. A few kilometers inland, the stillness of Roselle Lake offers a quiet counterpoint to the restless movement of the coast, while the nearby Lower Nimpkish Park preserves a pocket of dense, ancient growth. The air in Nimpkish Heights holds a permanent dampness, sharp with the scent of cedar and salt, grounding the landscape in a cycle of rain and regrowth that defines the western edge of the Rupert Land District. The history of Nimpkish Heights persists in the weathered remains of logging infrastructure and the deep, enduring connection to the timber industry that once fueled the growth of the region. Workers here have long moved in synchronicity with the heavy machinery of the mills and the seasonal demands of the forest, maintaining a lifestyle that favors practical resilience over modern haste. The economic pulse of Nimpkish Heights remains tied to the extraction and stewardship of the surrounding woods, a tradition that shapes the daily habits of those who call this coast home. Locals often gather where the river meets the sea, sharing stories that carry the weight of generations spent navigating the unpredictable moods of the Pacific. In these quiet moments, the sharp, clear whistle of a distant tugboat often cuts through the mist, a reminder that Nimpkish Heights exists as a singular point of human endeavor against the vast, indifferent reach of the wilderness.
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Explore Nimpkish Heights, British Columbia, 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: 50.566667, -127.0. 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 Nimpkish Heights includes the postal code (V0P), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). 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 Nimpkish Heights 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) |