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Beinn Scalpie Nova Scotia Map

Explore Beinn Scalpie, 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 Beinn Scalpie, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Beinn Scalpie, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Beinn Scalpie, 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 Beinn Scalpie 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 Beinn Scalpie.

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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PlaceBeinn Scalpie
TypeLocality
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationVictoria
CountryCanada
Latitude46.199609
Longitude-60.556042
Postal Code (FSA)B1X
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceTown
CGN IDCACNY

About Beinn Scalpie, Nova Scotia

Beinn Scalpie is a locality in Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Beinn Scalpie is located at 46.1996°N, 60.5560°W.

Beinn Scalpie rises with a sturdy, quiet dignity above the Atlantic coast, its slopes catching the salt-heavy air that rolls in from the open water. It lies 28.6 km west-north-west of Sydney, NS (from Sydney, NS: bearing 284°T), and is situated 11.6 km west-north-west of Barrachois Harbour. The terrain here holds a rugged composure, characterized by the proximity of the Big Hill, which stands as a silent sentinel over the shifting tides. Nearby, the stillness of MacLeods Lake rests only a kilometer away, reflecting the pale, thin light of a northern afternoon with a clarity that seems to sharpen the very edges of the horizon. When the sun begins to retreat, the shadows stretch across the hillsides, turning the earth into a deep, bruised violet that feels as ancient as the bedrock beneath the thin, resilient soil. The life of Beinn Scalpie finds its anchor in the persistent, practical work of those who have long attended to this land, a tradition that respects the boundaries of the forest and the pull of the sea. While the Baddeck River flows through the distant lowlands twelve kilometers away and the rush of Lower Little Falls remains fourteen kilometers beyond, the immediate surroundings favor a deliberate, solitary pace. Residents carry a certain stoic grace, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and a deep familiarity with the way the wind behaves against the ridge. The history of Beinn Scalpie persists not in grand monuments, but in the way the land is kept, with every fence line and clearing acknowledging the necessity of working in harmony with a landscape that asks for patience above all else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 2.4 km, 012° NNE
  • Powerline Road Outlook (Viewpoint) — 2.7 km, 212° SSW
  • Great Hall of the Clans Highland Pioneers Museum The (Museum) — 3.6 km, 287° WNW
  • St. Ann's Lookoff (Attraction) — 6.1 km, 010° N
  • Bras D'or Lookoff (Attraction) — 6.4 km, 037° NE
  • North River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 7.2 km, 321° NW · 979 ha
  • MacAulays Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 km, 229° SW
  • Kluscap Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.3 km, 031° NNE · 2,777 ha
  • Barrachois Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 10.5 km, 133° SE · 118 ha
  • Dalem Lake Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 10.7 km, 060° ENE · 48 ha
  • Baddeck River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.9 km, 291° WNW · 2,778 ha
  • Iron Art (Museum) — 14.6 km, 345° NNW
  • Baddeck Bay Lookoff (Attraction) — 14.8 km, 237° WSW
  • Johnson Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.0 km, 096° E
  • Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 17.2 km, 273° W · 147 ha
  • French River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.9 km, 351° N · 686 ha
  • Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site (Heritage Site) — 18.1 km, 234° SW
  • Theatre Baddeck (Theatre) — 18.8 km, 234° SW
  • Middle River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.4 km, 282° WNW · 5,618 ha
  • Glass Artisans Gallery (Attraction) — 23.5 km, 013° NNE
  • North Sydney Museum (Museum) — 23.7 km, 087° E
  • Plaster Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 24.9 km, 015° NNE · 17 ha
  • Sydney Mines Fossil Centre (Museum) — 25.2 km, 079° ENE
  • Petersfield Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 26.6 km, 103° ESE · 23 ha
  • Chapel Point Battery Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 km, 079° E
  • The Big Fiddle of the Ceilidh (Public Artwork) — 28.2 km, 103° ESE
  • Cossit House (Heritage Site) — 28.3 km, 103° ESE
  • Cape Breton Centre For Heritage And Science (Art / Cultural Centre) — 28.6 km, 103° ESE
  • Highland Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 28.7 km, 104° ESE
  • Cineplex Cinemas Sydney (Cinema) — 29.4 km, 103° ESE

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About This Beinn Scalpie Map Page

Explore Beinn Scalpie, 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: 46.199609, -60.556042. 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 Beinn Scalpie includes the postal code (B1X), 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 Beinn Scalpie 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)