Explore Primrose, 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 Primrose, 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 Primrose 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 Primrose.
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 | Primrose |
| Type | Dispersed Rural Community |
| Province / Territory | New Brunswick (NB) |
| Location | Saint John; Kings |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.421961 |
| Longitude | -65.762051 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | E2S |
| Area Code | 506 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | DAVPH |
Primrose is a locality in Saint John; Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Primrose is located at 45.4220°N, 65.7621°W.
Primrose sits nestled within the Grove Hill, a quiet stretch of land defined by the steady, low-slung movement of the Hammond River. It lies 13.9 km south-south-east of Hampton, NB (from Hampton, NB: bearing 149°T), and is situated 3.3 km south-west of Barnesville. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp cedar and the cold, clear mineral scent of the water as it shifts over smooth stones. Sunlight at dusk catches the surface of the Hammond River, turning the flow into a polished ribbon that mirrors the darkening timber of the trees. Only two kilometers away, the stillness of Third Lake offers a counterpoint to the river’s slow transit, its surface rarely broken by anything more than the ripple of a waterfowl or the sudden, sharp skip of wind. Primrose exists in this quiet intersection of water and earth, where the terrain rises in modest slopes that retain the heat of the afternoon long after the shadows have lengthened. The history of Primrose remains quiet, rooted in a landscape that demanded patience from those who first built their lives along the Hammond River. Local industry has historically looked to the land and the timber, with the economy favoring a deliberate, small-scale approach that keeps the pace of daily work aligned with the turning of the seasons. People here move through their days with an awareness of the changing river levels and the heavy, humid heat of midsummer. This is a place of steady persistence, where the traditions of the Grove Hill are maintained not through grand gestures, but through the simple, repeated acts of clearing paths and tending to the woodlots that define the horizon.
Primrose s'étire avec une discrétion presque minérale sur les pentes de la colline Grove, là où le sol semble retenir encore la chaleur des journées longues. Le tracé de la rivière Hammond borde ce territoire, ses eaux sombres et calmes façonnant une limite naturelle qui semble dicter le rythme lent des travaux des champs et des demeures dispersées. À environ deux kilomètres, la présence du lac Third apporte une fraîcheur supplémentaire, une étendue d'eau immobile qui capte les derniers reflets cuivrés du soleil déclinant. La lumière, en glissant sur les dénivelés de la colline Grove, révèle des textures de terre et de bois où l'histoire agricole se lit dans la persistance des enclos et des chemins de terre. Primrose conserve cette sobriété des lieux qui se suffisent à eux-mêmes, loin des agitations excessives, cultivant une relation directe avec les éléments qui composent son horizon immédiat. Ici, le silence n'est jamais vide ; il est habité par le souffle du vent qui remonte le courant de la rivière Hammond et par la régularité des gestes quotidiens des résidents qui habitent ces terres depuis des générations, respectant la géographie silencieuse qui les entoure.
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Explore Primrose, 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: 45.421961, -65.762051. 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 Primrose includes the postal code (E2S), 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 Primrose 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) |