Explore Lower Kars, 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 Lower Kars, 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 Lower Kars 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 Lower Kars.
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 | Lower Kars |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Kings |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.585153 |
| Longitude | -65.968993 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E5N |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAUMS |
Lower Kars is a locality in Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lower Kars is located at 45.5852°N, 65.9690°W.
Lower Kars sits as a quiet observer along the banks of the Saint John River, where the earth rises steadily toward the prominence of Nutter Hill. It lies 10.9 km north-west of Hampton, NB (from Hampton, NB: bearing 305°T), and is situated 13.8 km north-north-west of Nauwigewauk. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of cool river silt and the damp, shadowed hollows that define the local topography. Sunlight catches the surface of the Saint John River in the late afternoon, turning the water into a sheet of hammered copper that reflects the deepening green of the surrounding hillsides. Just a short distance from the river’s edge, the land pushes upward, offering a vantage point where the silence of the countryside feels heavy and deliberate. Cochrane Lake rests approximately 4 km away, a hidden mirror tucked into the landscape that anchors the rural solitude of the interior. Life in Lower Kars maintains a steady pace, shaped by the persistent influence of the water and the seasonal demands of the land. Historically, the fertile soil and the proximity to the Saint John River drew settlers who built their lives around the cycles of harvest and the movement of timber or goods along the waterway. Today, the economy leans toward the small-scale agricultural traditions that have defined these fields for generations, with the occasional hum of machinery punctuating the stillness of the morning. Neighbors move with the familiar ease of those who have long shared the same horizon, their routines dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the urgency of the outside world. Even now, the shadow of Nutter Hill seems to watch over the daily labor, presiding over a way of living that values the endurance of the land above all else.
Lower Kars s'étire avec une simplicité tranquille le long des rives fertiles de la rivière Saint John, là où la terre semble retenir le souffle des matins brumeux. Dominé par la silhouette familière de la colline Nutter, le paysage se déploie en une succession de parcelles cultivées et de boisés qui descendent vers l'eau avec une régularité apaisante. L'air y possède cette clarté particulière des terres intérieures, portée par le courant lent et majestueux de la rivière qui dicte, depuis des générations, le rythme des travaux agricoles et des récoltes. À quelques kilomètres de là, le lac Cochrane ajoute une note de silence supplémentaire au relief, offrant aux habitants un miroir paisible sous le ciel vaste de la région de Kings. En observant la lumière décliner sur les champs, Lower Kars révèle une persistance calme, héritée d'un labeur obstiné et d'une fidélité aux cycles du sol. Ici, le quotidien s'accorde aux variations imperceptibles de la topographie, transformant chaque lever de soleil en une redécouverte des sentiers qui serpentent entre les fermes et les berges. La présence constante de la rivière Saint John et la masse protectrice de la colline Nutter forment le cadre indissociable d'une vie où le moindre changement de ton du ciel suffit à modifier l'humeur de l'horizon.
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Explore Lower Kars, 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: 45.585153, -65.968993. 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 Lower Kars includes the postal code (E5N), 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 Lower Kars 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) |