Five Houses Nova Scotia Map

About Five Houses, Nova Scotia

Five Houses is a community in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Five Houses is located at 45.3963°N, 63.7330°W.

Five Houses, nestled amidst the rolling hills of Nova Scotia's central region, presents a landscape etched by the slow, persistent work of glaciers and time. It lies 35.6 km west of Truro, NS (from Truro, NS: bearing 276°T), and is situated 14.2 km east of Economy. Here, the land rises and falls with a gentle, almost sighing cadence, interspersed with patches of dense woodland where spruce and fir stand sentinel, their needles catching the low-angled sunlight in a thousand tiny glints. The air, even on a warm day, carries a crisp, clean scent of pine resin and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that lies just beyond the cultivated fields. Small streams, their beds lined with smooth, grey stones, meander through the valleys, their waters glinting like slivers of light as they make their way towards larger bodies of water. The character of Five Houses is one of quiet resilience, a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of life, and where the sky, vast and often dramatic, seems to hold dominion. The history of Five Houses is intertwined with the early settlement of the region, a narrative of hardy folk carving out a living from the fertile, yet often stubborn, soil. For generations, the economy here has been anchored in agriculture, with fields of potatoes and grains stretching across the cleared land, their bounty shared with markets near and far. The echoes of past industries, perhaps a forgotten mill or a long-closed quarry, whisper through the old stone foundations that occasionally punctuate the landscape. While Five Houses may not boast grand monuments, its distinctive character lies in its unassuming strength, a place where a deep connection to the land still underpins the everyday. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance, the occasional call of a crow, and the slow drift of clouds overhead are the enduring sounds of life in Five Houses.

About This Five Houses Map Page

Explore Five Houses, 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: 45.396301, -63.73299. 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 Five Houses includes the postal code (B4V), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Five Houses 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.