Belnan Nova Scotia Map

About Belnan, Nova Scotia

Belnan is a community in Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Belnan is located at 44.9949°N, 63.5269°W.

Belnan rests in a quiet corner of Hants County, a place where rolling farmland begins to yield to the denser, darker woodlands that climb towards the interior. It lies 21.4 km south-west of Stewiacke, NS (from Stewiacke, NS: bearing 222°T), and is situated 5.8 km north of Enfield. The air here, especially after a spring rain, carries the clean, damp scent of loam and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the slow-moving waters of St. Croix River as it meanders through the landscape. Fields of hay, recently cut, lie in golden swaths under a sky that often holds a bruised, dramatic quality at dusk, promising more of the same temperate, often misty, weather that shapes the very character of the land. Small clearings dot the forested slopes, hinting at homesteads carved out of the wilderness over generations, each holding its own patch of cultivated earth against the encroaching green. The history of Belnan is deeply entwined with the logging and milling that once defined the region, the river a vital artery for transporting timber downstream. Evidence of this past can still be found in the occasional weathered barn or the faint outlines of old logging roads disappearing into the undergrowth, a quiet testament to the hard work and resilience of those who first settled this ground. Today, the economy of Belnan is more varied, with many residents commuting to larger centres while others maintain small farms or operate local businesses that serve the surrounding agricultural communities. A notable feature of the area is the presence of several small, placid lakes, their surfaces often disturbed only by the gentle plop of a jumping fish or the distant call of a loon, offering a serene counterpoint to the working landscape.

About This Belnan Map Page

Explore Belnan, 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: 44.994901, -63.526894. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Belnan includes the postal code (B2S), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Belnan 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.