Explore New Chester, 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.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Chester, 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 New Chester 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 New Chester.
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.
| Place | New Chester |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Guysborough |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.033282 |
| Longitude | -62.213995 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B0J |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CBBIF |
New Chester is a community in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. New Chester is located at 45.0333°N, 62.2140°W.
New Chester rests where the rugged Atlantic coast meets the quiet reach of the Ecum Secum River, a landscape defined by the heavy, salt-laden air that clings to the skin like a damp wool sweater. It lies 21.8 km west-south-west of Sherbrooke, NS (from Sherbrooke, NS: bearing 236°T), and is situated 9.7 km north-west of Ecum Secum. The terrain rises toward the slopes of Blackberry Hill, where the low sun at dusk turns the granite outcrops into warm, bruised embers against the deepening blue of the sky. Barnards Lake sits perfectly still at the edge of the tree line, its surface mirroring the clouds with a clarity that renders the horizon indistinguishable from the water. Nearby, the water of the Ecum Secum River pulls steadily toward the sea, while the presence of Gaspereaux Falls adds a sharp, percussive note to the otherwise hushed woods. Within walking distance, Judds Pool Provincial Park offers a threshold into the dense thickets and moss-covered stones that characterize the local geography. Life in New Chester is shaped by the relentless demands of the tides and the seasonal turning of the woods, echoing a history of families who have long looked to the water for their livelihood. The local economy persists through a modest, grounded industry, with the daily routines of the residents dictated by the changing light and the unpredictable temperament of the coast. There is a particular weight to the silence here, a stillness that settles deep into the marrow when the wind drops and the scent of pine needles becomes sharp enough to taste. New Chester maintains a character defined by this isolation, where the absence of modern clamor allows the small, essential details of the landscape—the glint of a stone, the sudden turn of a current—to claim their full significance.
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Explore New Chester, 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: 45.033282, -62.213995. 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 New Chester 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 New Chester 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |