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Ainslie Glen Nova Scotia Map

Explore Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia, 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.

Interactive Map of Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia. 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 Nova Scotia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Ainslie Glen 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 Ainslie Glen.

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.

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PlaceAinslie Glen
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationInverness
CountryCanada
Latitude46.020763
Longitude-61.137168
Postal Code (FSA)B0E
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCAAJO

About Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia

Ainslie Glen is a community in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Ainslie Glen is located at 46.0208°N, 61.1372°W.

Ainslie Glen rests in a quiet fold of the Atlantic coast, where the rising elevation of The Big Ridge presses against the horizon. It lies 26.7 km south-south-east of Inverness, NS (from Inverness, NS: bearing 151°T), and is situated 5.4 km north-north-west of Whycocomagh. The Skye River carves a slow, silver path through the terrain, its banks catching the pale, slanted light of late afternoon that seems to linger longer here than elsewhere. This landscape holds a stillness that defines the days, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic shift of the tides. Roughly six kilometres away, the trees of Whycocomagh Provincial Park provide a dense, evergreen boundary, while the inland reaches toward the basin are marked by the presence of MacPhedrans Lake, situated ten kilometres distant. The soil here carries a damp, mineral weight, supporting a terrain that feels as ancient as the bedrock beneath the salt-sprayed air. Ainslie Glen retains a character forged by the persistent labor of those who first cleared the timber and worked the stony fields. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, drawing sustenance from the seasonal cycles of the coast and the small-scale harvests that have sustained families for generations. Traditions here are kept in the steady, practical movements of those who know the temperament of the Skye River and the turning of the seasons. Life in Ainslie Glen moves with a deliberate gravity, anchored by a heritage that values the quiet preservation of the homestead and the endurance of the coastal spirit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 2.9 km, 138° SE
  • Trout Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 km, 037° NE · 2,861 ha
  • The Skye River Trail (Attraction) — 5.4 km, 176° S
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 5.5 km, 153° SSE · 196 ha
  • Whycocomagh Picnic Park (Attraction) — 6.5 km, 160° SSE
  • Humes River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.8 km, 074° ENE · 3,625 ha
  • Salt Mountain Memorial Park Hugh McLennan (Monument) — 7.0 km, 153° SSE
  • Look-Off #2 (Viewpoint) — 7.0 km, 152° SSE
  • MacDonalds Pond Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 km, 170° S
  • MacRitchies Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.7 km, 145° SE
  • Macdonald House Museum (Museum) — 12.6 km, 358° N
  • Orangedale Station Museum (Museum) — 13.8 km, 166° SSE
  • Orangedale Railway Museum (Museum) — 13.8 km, 166° SSE
  • Orangedale Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 14.2 km, 162° SSE · 50 ha
  • Bornish Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 km, 221° SW
  • Seal Cove Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.1 km, 167° SSE
  • Ashfield Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 km, 187° S
  • Glendyer Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 km, 299° WNW
  • Mary Harper Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.6 km, 077° ENE
  • Ainslie Point Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 16.7 km, 339° NNW · 38 ha
  • MacFarlane Woods Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 km, 267° W
  • River Denys Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.5 km, 205° SSW
  • Cains Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 km, 102° ESE · 555 ha
  • Black River Bog Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.8 km, 325° NW
  • Little Beaver Lakes Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.9 km, 153° SSE
  • Egypt Falls Trail head (Attraction) — 19.5 km, 003° N
  • Southwest Mabou River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 km, 254° WSW
  • An Drochaid-The Bridge Museum (Museum) — 20.5 km, 286° WNW
  • Cape Mabou Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.2 km, 307° NW · 1,457 ha
  • Strathspey Performing Arts Centre (Theatre) — 21.3 km, 282° WNW

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About This Ainslie Glen Map Page

Explore Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia, 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: 46.020763, -61.137168. 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 Ainslie Glen includes the postal code (B0E), telephone area code (782, 902). 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 Ainslie Glen 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataCanadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)