Explore Briens, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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.
Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Briens, Newfoundland and Labrador. 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 Newfoundland and Labrador or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Briens 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 Briens.
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 | Briens |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 47.401667 |
| Longitude | -53.121111 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | A1X |
| Area Code | 709, 879 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | AACSJ |
Briens is a locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Briens is located at 47.4017°N, 53.1211°W.
Briens holds its position along the Atlantic coast, where the rugged edge of the land meets the persistent push of the tides. It lies 6.6 km north-north-east of Holyrood, NL (from Holyrood, NL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 5.4 km south-south-east of Gallows Cove. The terrain around Briens is defined by the Butter Pot, a landscape that holds the damp, cool breath of the North Atlantic within its low-lying hollows and rocky outcrops. The Mahers River cuts a quiet path through the terrain, its dark currents reflecting a sky that often shifts from bruised purple to a pale, translucent grey as dusk settles over the barrens. Five kilometers away, the expansive reach of Butter Pot Provincial Park offers a sanctuary of dense, wind-stunted growth and lichen-covered stone. Here, the light in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, sharpening the edges of every boulder and exposing the intricate, stubborn resilience of the coastal flora. The history of Briens is marked by the quiet endurance of those who have navigated the thin line between the sea and the interior. While the economy has shifted over the decades, the daily life of Briens remains attuned to the seasonal fluctuations of the coast, where the work of the day is dictated by the strength of the wind and the state of the water. Residents often look toward the wider features of the region for a sense of scale; Bermuda Lake sits fourteen kilometers off, a solitary expanse of still water, while the distant, rushing descent of Metcalfe Falls—nineteen kilometers away—serves as a reminder of the hidden power held by the local terrain. Traditions here are kept close, maintained through a shared understanding of the land’s limits and the particular silence that falls when the fog rolls in from the coast to blanket the lowlands.
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Explore Briens, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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: 47.401667, -53.121111. 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 Briens includes the postal code (A1X), telephone area code (709, 879). 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 Briens 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) |