Explore Bedford, New Brunswick, 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 Bedford, New Brunswick. 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 New Brunswick or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Bedford 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 Bedford.
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 | Bedford |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Kings |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.426348 |
| Longitude | -66.144455 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E5S |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAGXF |
Bedford is a locality in Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Bedford is located at 45.4263°N, 66.1445°W.
Bedford rests upon the Atlantic coast, where the land yields to the persistent influence of the tides. It lies 20.3 km north-north-west of Saint John, NB (from Saint John, NB: bearing 336°T), and is situated 5.1 km south of Browns Flat. The terrain rises toward the prominence of Soup Plate Hill, framing a landscape shaped by the proximity of the Saint John River. Williams Lake sits within a three-kilometer reach, offering a quiet depth to the surrounding woods, while the distant rush of Silver Falls remains eighteen kilometers away. When the late afternoon light slants across the coastal grasses, the air grows heavy with the scent of salt and turning earth, grounding the horizon in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate. Further afield, the Parc provincial des chutes Lepreau provides a rugged expanse thirty-eight kilometers from the heart of the settlement. Bedford carries the weight of a long maritime history, where the currents of the Saint John River historically dictated the movement of goods and the slow growth of local trade. The economy remains rooted in the practical demands of the coast, reflecting a tradition of labor that respects the temperamental moods of the water. Life in Bedford moves with the steady pulse of the seasons, observable in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying fields before the sun fully asserts itself. Those who live here maintain a connection to the cycles of the shore, finding their rhythm in the quiet persistence of the tides and the enduring character of the land itself.
Bedford s'étire le long de la côte atlantique, là où la terre semble s'abandonner aux caprices des marées montantes. La silhouette de la colline Soup Plate domine les environs, offrant une garde silencieuse sur les habitations qui longent les rives de la rivière Saint John. L'air y possède une texture dense, chargée d'embruns salins qui modifient la lumière crépusculaire en une teinte argentée, presque irréelle. À trois kilomètres, le lac Williams conserve une immobilité minérale, contrastant avec le tumulte plus lointain des chutes Silver ou le murmure des eaux au Parc provincial des chutes Lepreau, situés respectivement à dix-huit et trente-huit kilomètres de ce rivage. Bedford puise sa force dans cette géographie austère, marquée par des terres autrefois défrichées pour une agriculture de subsistance qui a façonné le caractère résolu de ses habitants. Le rythme quotidien suit la respiration de la rivière Saint John, liant les gestes des hommes aux cycles immuables de l'eau et du sel. Dans cette solitude paisible, la mémoire des premiers occupants se devine encore dans la configuration des sentiers et la manière dont les bâtisseurs ont apprivoisé la déclivité du terrain, préférant épouser les courbes naturelles plutôt que de les contrarier.
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Explore Bedford, New Brunswick, 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: 45.426348, -66.144455. 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 Bedford includes the postal code (E5S), telephone area code (506). 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 Bedford 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) |