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Murphy Cove Nova Scotia Map

Explore Murphy Cove, 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 Murphy Cove, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Murphy Cove, Nova Scotia Map

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

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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PlaceMurphy Cove
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationHalifax
CountryCanada
Latitude44.787144
Longitude-62.760609
Postal Code (FSA)B0J
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCBATW

About Murphy Cove, Nova Scotia

Murphy Cove is a community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Murphy Cove is located at 44.7871°N, 62.7606°W.

Murphy Cove anchors itself against the Atlantic coast, where the rugged rise of Glawsons Hill shelters the shoreline from the open sea. It lies 60.4 km south-east of Stewiacke, NS (from Stewiacke, NS: bearing 130°T), and is situated 5.6 km west-south-west of Tangier. The water of the Tangier River meets the salt spray here, creating a meeting point where the tide carries the scent of brine and damp earth deep into the woods. Inland, the landscape holds the quiet stillness of Little Lake, a mere kilometer away, while the presence of the Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area provides a vast, protected reach of forest ten kilometers distant. At the edge of the day, the light catches the surface of the water with a bruised, metallic sheen, turning the shoreline into a silhouette of dark stone and tangled spruce. Life in Murphy Cove follows the ebb and flow of the coast, shaped by a long history of maritime resourcefulness that persists in the quiet industry of the docks. While the distant rush of Mason Falls lies eight kilometers away, the noise of the outside world feels diminished by the sheer weight of the surrounding rock and the persistent, rhythmic slap of waves against the piers. Residents navigate the seasons with a practical focus on the sea, their days defined by the maintenance of gear and the reading of wind and weather. Through the long afternoons, the air carries a crisp, lingering chill that reminds anyone standing on the shore of the deep, cold currents circulating just beyond the reach of the cove.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Eastern Shore Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.4 km, 089° E · 1,842 ha
  • Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.2 km, 340° NNW · 160 km²
  • J. Willy Krauch & Sons (Attraction) — 6.9 km, 068° ENE
  • Owls Head Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 8.2 km, 215° SW · 267 ha
  • Lake Charlotte Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 10.5 km, 272° W · 879 ha
  • Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 11.6 km, 236° SW · 183 ha
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 13.6 km, 288° WNW
  • Memory Lane (Museum) — 15.0 km, 261° W
  • Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society (Museum) — 15.1 km, 261° W
  • Taylor Head Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 15.3 km, 072° ENE · 800 ha
  • Cowan Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.9 km, 308° NW
  • Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.8 km, 298° WNW · 148 km²
  • Fisherman's Life Museum (Museum) — 20.1 km, 267° W
  • MacPhee House Museum (Museum) — 23.1 km, 048° NE
  • Skull Lake Lookoff (Viewpoint) — 23.7 km, 281° W
  • Moose River Gold Mines Memorial (Attraction) — 25.6 km, 327° NNW
  • White Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.4 km, 284° WNW · 4,533 ha
  • Martinique Beach Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 29.8 km, 250° WSW · 47 ha
  • Twelve Mile Stream Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.5 km, 022° NNE · 1,793 ha
  • Tait Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.0 km, 003° N
  • Lower East Chezzetcook Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 35.1 km, 253° WSW · 151 ha
  • Toadfish Lakes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 38.9 km, 045° NE · 6,320 ha
  • Mount William Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 40.8 km, 335° NNW · 28 ha
  • Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 41.0 km, 317° NW · 67 ha
  • Abraham Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 42.8 km, 014° NNE
  • Porters Lake Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 44.2 km, 256° WSW · 90 ha
  • Boggy Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 45.3 km, 041° NE · 973 ha
  • Shut-in Island Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 45.7 km, 246° WSW
  • Dollar Lake Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 45.9 km, 289° WNW · 771 ha
  • Elmswood Educational Woodlot (Attraction) — 46.4 km, 308° NW

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About This Murphy Cove Map Page

Explore Murphy Cove, 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: 44.787144, -62.760609. 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 Murphy Cove includes the postal code (B0J), 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 Murphy Cove 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)