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East Petpeswick Nova Scotia Map

Explore East Petpeswick, 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 East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Petpeswick, 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 East Petpeswick 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 East Petpeswick.

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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PlaceEast Petpeswick
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationHalifax
CountryCanada
Latitude44.718094
Longitude-63.165077
Postal Code (FSA)B3E
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCAKVC

About East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia

East Petpeswick is a community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. East Petpeswick is located at 44.7181°N, 63.1651°W.

East Petpeswick rests where the Atlantic coast meets the quiet, salt-heavy air of the Nova Scotian shoreline. It lies 33.0 km east of Dartmouth, NS (from Dartmouth, NS: bearing 81°T), and is situated 13.0 km west of East Jeddore. The landscape rises toward the elevation of Soles Hill, providing a vantage point over the movement of the tides as they push inland along the Little River. Even in the height of summer, the light here possesses a silver, thinning quality that turns the water into a sheet of hammered pewter at dusk. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, Young Lake sits tucked into the landscape, its stillness offering a stark contrast to the restless energy of the nearby ocean. The history of East Petpeswick remains tied to the sea and the rugged terrain that dictates the reach of local industry. Residents navigate a life shaped by the proximity of the coast, with the expansive sands of Martinique Beach Provincial Park serving as both a seasonal destination and a constant reminder of the ocean's shifting boundaries. While the distant rush of Blue Falls adds a faint, persistent hum to the interior woods, the local economy leans toward the natural rhythms of the maritime environment. Life in East Petpeswick follows the pulse of the seasons, where the scent of brine and the cooling mist define the days for those who call this stretch of the coast home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lower East Chezzetcook Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 2.5 km, 213° SSW · 151 ha
  • Martinique Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 3.5 km, 132° SE · 47 ha
  • Acadian House Museum (Museum) — 7.7 km, 261° W
  • Acadien House Museum (Museum) — 7.7 km, 261° W
  • Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.5 km, 029° NNE · 148 km²
  • Rolling Rock (Viewpoint) — 9.4 km, 010° N
  • White Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.7 km, 343° NNW · 568 ha
  • Porters Lake Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 10.7 km, 253° WSW · 90 ha
  • The Old Hall Wilderness Heritage Centre (Museum) — 11.1 km, 282° WNW
  • Fisherman's Life Museum (Museum) — 13.5 km, 061° ENE
  • Shut-in Island Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.2 km, 219° SW
  • Cole Harbour - Lawrencetown Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 14.9 km, 252° WSW · 743 ha
  • Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 km, 290° WNW · 8,621 ha
  • Eastern Shore Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.5 km, 080° E · 1,842 ha
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 17.2 km, 338° NNW
  • Lake Charlotte Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 19.3 km, 067° ENE · 879 ha
  • Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 21.4 km, 088° E · 183 ha
  • Dollar Lake Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 22.8 km, 332° NNW · 771 ha
  • Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.9 km, 059° ENE · 160 km²
  • Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 km, 311° NW · 1,913 ha
  • Moose (Monument) — 24.1 km, 242° WSW
  • Black Cultural Centre For Nova Scotia (Art / Cultural Centre) — 24.2 km, 266° W
  • Old Red Barn (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 km, 256° WSW
  • Owls Head Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 26.1 km, 090° E · 267 ha
  • Cowan Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 km, 045° NE
  • McNabs & Lawlor Island Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 29.5 km, 244° WSW · 58 ha
  • McLean Farm (Historic Ruins) — 29.9 km, 248° WSW
  • Shubenacadie Canal Commission (Heritage Site) — 30.8 km, 267° W
  • Lake Egmont Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.9 km, 345° NNW
  • Cineplex Cinemas Dartmouth Crossing (Cinema) — 31.3 km, 268° W

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About This East Petpeswick Map Page

Explore East Petpeswick, 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: 44.718094, -63.165077. 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 East Petpeswick includes the postal code (B3E), 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 East Petpeswick 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)