Explore Cape Spear, 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 Cape Spear, 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 Cape Spear 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 Cape Spear.
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 | Cape Spear |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Westmorland |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.088609 |
| Longitude | -63.816909 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E4M |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAZUM |
Cape Spear is a locality in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Cape Spear is located at 46.0886°N, 63.8169°W.
Cape Spear rests along the Atlantic coast, where the land meets the horizon in a quiet, salt-streaked embrace. It lies 21.3 km east-north-east of Strait Shores, NB (from Strait Shores, NB: bearing 78°T), and is situated 5.0 km south-south-west of Cape Tormentine. The terrain rises toward the nearby Uniacke Hill, providing a vantage point where the light at dusk turns the grasses a bruised, metallic gold. While the Shinimicas River courses through the wider landscape some distance away, the immediate surroundings of Cape Spear retain a stillness that settles deep into the marrow of the earth. Agriculture and the seasonal rhythms of the coast define the local character, grounding Cape Spear in a lineage of labor that values the turn of the seasons over the haste of modern ambition. Here, the air carries a sharp, clean clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon, and the residents move with a steady, deliberate purpose that honors the persistence of the coastal life.
Cape Spear s’étire le long de la côte atlantique avec une humilité qui défie les assauts des vents marins. Sur ce sol du Nouveau-Brunswick, le regard se porte naturellement vers la colline Uniacke, dont le relief adoucit l’horizon par-delà les terres cultivées. La lumière du crépuscule y dépose une teinte cuivrée, révélant la texture minérale des falaises et l’étendue des champs où persistent des traditions agricoles héritées des premiers défrichements. À une distance mesurée, le cours paisible de la rivière Shinimicas serpente à travers les terres basses, apportant une fraîcheur qui accompagne le labeur quotidien des habitants. Cape Spear conserve cette simplicité rugueuse des espaces tournés vers l’océan, où le rythme de vie s’ajuste à la marée et aux caprices du ciel. Ici, chaque bâtisse semble posée avec une volonté de durer, résistant à l’érosion des éléments avec une ténacité silencieuse. Le paysage, marqué par la proximité des eaux salées et la présence protectrice des hauteurs, offre une quiétude rare, celle d'une terre qui ne cherche pas à se donner en spectacle, mais qui impose sa présence par la force tranquille de ses paysages côtiers.
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Explore Cape Spear, 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: 46.088609, -63.816909. 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 Cape Spear includes the postal code (E4M), 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 Cape Spear 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) |