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Pleasant Bay Nova Scotia Map

Explore Pleasant Bay, 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 Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia

Imagery © Google · for orientation only, not for navigation

How to Use This Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia Map

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

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.

PlacePleasant Bay
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationInverness
CountryCanada
Latitude46.823367
Longitude-60.799922
Postal Code (FSA)B0C
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceTown
CGN IDCBDXO

About Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia

Pleasant Bay is a community in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Pleasant Bay is located at 46.8234°N, 60.7999°W.

Pleasant Bay occupies a rugged stretch of the Atlantic coast where the land rises sharply toward the shadows of Bear Hill. It lies 27.0 km north-east of Chéticamp, NS (from Chéticamp, NS: bearing 37°T), and is situated 25.7 km west-south-west of South Harbour. The Grande Anse River carves a restless path through the terrain, its cool waters meeting the salt-heavy air in a perpetual dialogue between mountain runoff and the sea. At dusk, the light catches the steep slopes, turning the rock and spruce into deep, bruised purples that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped beneath the horizon. Inland, the landscape reveals its quiet scale, with MacIntosh Lake tucked away some 6 km from the shore, while the heights of Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton rise 15 km away to guard the interior wilderness. Even the distant, plummeting white ribbon of Beulach Ban Falls, situated 14 km from the coast, contributes to the sense of a geography defined by gravity and the steady, insistent pressure of the Atlantic. Life in Pleasant Bay has long been shaped by the cold, deep bounty of the ocean, which sustains the local fishing economy and defines the daily habits of those who watch the tides. Generations have navigated these waters with a practical understanding of the currents, balancing the demands of a seasonal livelihood against the isolation imposed by the surrounding heights. The culture of Pleasant Bay reflects a resilience born from long winters and the proximity of the wild, where the presence of the nearby national park ensures that the untamed spirit of the highlands remains a neighbor to the village docks. Even as modern life touches the fringes of this coast, the character of the people stays anchored to the cycles of the sea and the quiet, persistent pull of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada (National Park) — 0.4 km, 130° SE · 948 km²
  • Whale Interpretive Center (Museum) — 0.6 km, 017° NNE
  • Polletts Cove - Aspy Fault Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.1 km, 052° NE · 272 km²
  • Lone Shieling (Attraction) — 5.5 km, 106° ESE
  • Veteran's Monument (Attraction) — 13.1 km, 224° SW
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 15.5 km, 089° E
  • Best Viewpoint of Cabot Trail (Viewpoint) — 16.9 km, 219° SW
  • Margaree River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.0 km, 187° S · 6,832 ha
  • North Highlands Community Museum (Museum) — 23.3 km, 073° ENE
  • DR. Elizabeth Lefort Gallery & Museum: Les Trois Pignons (Museum) — 25.3 km, 217° SW
  • Société Saint-Pierre (Art / Cultural Centre) — 25.3 km, 218° SW
  • Seaside Whale & Nature Cruises (Attraction) — 26.9 km, 217° SW
  • Jim Campbells Barren Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.2 km, 196° SSW · 1,736 ha
  • Les Caps Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.2 km, 219° SW
  • Whale watching Hot Spot (Attraction) — 32.7 km, 229° SW
  • French River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.8 km, 158° SSE · 164 km²
  • Ruiss Noir Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 38.9 km, 203° SSW · 1,602 ha
  • Cape Smokey Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 39.5 km, 125° SE · 539 ha
  • Sugarloaf Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.2 km, 193° SSW · 746 ha
  • North River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.7 km, 172° S · 3,987 ha
  • Plaster Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 52.1 km, 151° SSE · 17 ha
  • Margaree Salmon Museum (Museum) — 53.6 km, 194° SSW
  • Chimney Corner Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 54.8 km, 207° SSW
  • Chapel Point Battery Site (Historic Ruins) — 78.6 km, 145° SE

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About This Pleasant Bay Map Page

Explore Pleasant Bay, 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: 46.823367, -60.799922. 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 Pleasant Bay includes the postal code (B0C), 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 Pleasant Bay 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)