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Glenville Nova Scotia Map

Explore Glenville, 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 Glenville, Nova Scotia

Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation

How to Use This Glenville, Nova Scotia Map

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

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.

Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.

PlaceGlenville
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationInverness
CountryCanada
Latitude46.153714
Longitude-61.316748
Postal Code (FSA)B0E
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCANUG

About Glenville, Nova Scotia

Glenville is a community in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Glenville is located at 46.1537°N, 61.3167°W.

Glenville rests where the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic coast meets the steady, dark pulse of the Black River. It lies 8.5 km south of Inverness, NS (from Inverness, NS: bearing 185°T), and is situated 10.8 km north-north-east of Mabou. The terrain rises toward the Green Hill, a landform that catches the bruised purple light of late autumn afternoons, casting long, lean shadows across the fields. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the landscape holds a quiet, austere beauty, defined by the stark contrast between the sheltering slopes and the vast, cold reach of the nearby water. The history of Glenville finds its anchor in the rugged persistence of those who worked the rocky earth and the river’s edge, building a life from the soil and the sea. While the bustle of larger centres feels distant, the local character remains defined by the proximity of Mabou Provincial Park and the stillness of Loch Ban, which sits only a short distance away. Today, the economy leans into the quiet demands of rural stewardship, where the daily tasks of maintaining the land provide a steady, grounding anchor against the encroaching silence of the coast. Residents move with a deliberate purpose, knowing that the character of Glenville is shaped by the same wind that cleans the hills and stirs the surface of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cape Mabou Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.9 km, 266° W · 1,457 ha
  • Black River Bog Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 2.5 km, 071° ENE
  • Glendyer Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.7 km, 182° S
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 6.4 km, 134° SE
  • Ainslie Point Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 7.7 km, 080° E · 38 ha
  • Inverness Memorial Consolidated Hospital (Attraction) — 8.2 km, 006° N
  • Inverness Miners Museum (Museum) — 8.6 km, 004° N
  • An Drochaid-The Bridge Museum (Museum) — 10.8 km, 213° SSW
  • Allan J. MacEachen (Monument) — 12.3 km, 215° SW
  • Strathspey Performing Arts Centre (Theatre) — 12.4 km, 214° SW
  • Macdonald House Museum (Museum) — 13.7 km, 099° E
  • West Mabou Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 13.7 km, 235° SW · 275 ha
  • Masons Mountain Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.9 km, 042° NE
  • Trout Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.2 km, 116° ESE · 186 ha
  • MacFarlane Woods Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.3 km, 197° SSW
  • Egypt Falls Trail head (Attraction) — 15.6 km, 072° ENE
  • Southwest Mabou River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 km, 197° SSW
  • Margaree Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 21.5 km, 048° NE
  • Sea Wolf Island National Wildlife Area (National Wildlife Area) — 22.7 km, 011° N · 76 ha
  • Humes River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 km, 116° ESE · 3,625 ha
  • Port Hood Station Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 23.8 km, 225° SW · 17 ha
  • Chimney Corner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 km, 030° NNE
  • Seven Falls Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 km, 077° ENE
  • The Skye River Trail (Attraction) — 24.7 km, 145° SE
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 25.9 km, 141° SE · 196 ha
  • Whycocomagh Picnic Park (Attraction) — 26.3 km, 142° SE
  • Bornish Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.9 km, 174° S
  • Salt Mountain Memorial Park Hugh McLennan (Monument) — 27.0 km, 141° SE
  • Look-Off #2 (Viewpoint) — 27.1 km, 141° SE
  • MacDonalds Pond Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.8 km, 147° SSE

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About This Glenville Map Page

Explore Glenville, 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: 46.153714, -61.316748. 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 Glenville 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 Glenville 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)