Explore Upper Nine Mile River, 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 Upper Nine Mile River, 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 Upper Nine Mile River 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 Upper Nine Mile River.
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 | Upper Nine Mile River |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Hants |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.079211 |
| Longitude | -63.626429 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B2S |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CBMYH |
Upper Nine Mile River is a community in Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Upper Nine Mile River is located at 45.0792°N, 63.6264°W.
Upper Nine Mile River winds through the rugged terrain of the Captains Hill, carving a path through the dense, resilient woods of the Nova Scotia interior. It lies 23.0 km west-south-west of Stewiacke, NS (from Stewiacke, NS: bearing 253°T), and is situated 13.3 km south-east of Kennetcook. The water here moves with a deliberate, dark clarity, reflecting the heavy sky and the towering spruce that crowd the banks in a tight, watchful guard. At dusk, the light catches the surface of Upper Nine Mile River, turning the moving current into a ribbon of hammered silver that cuts through the stillness of the surrounding slopes. Nearby, the landscape holds its secrets close, with Ingram Lake resting in a quiet basin just two kilometers away, its edges fringed by the deep green of the forest. The history of this locality is written in the stubborn persistence of those who worked the rocky earth and navigated the dense growth of the Captains Hill. Life in the vicinity of the river has long been defined by the seasonal cycles of the woods and the quiet, steady labor of maintaining a homestead against the press of the wild. While the Little Nine Mile River flows six kilometers distant, its presence is felt in the shared geography of the region, where the land dictates the pace of work and the reach of the local economy. Further out, the expanse of the Devils Jaw Wilderness Area reinforces the sense of isolation, grounding the residents in a landscape that demands respect and offers little in the way of easy compromise. Throughout the day, the air remains crisp and carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a reminder of the raw, elemental character that defines the spirit of the people here.
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Explore Upper Nine Mile River, 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: 45.079211, -63.626429. 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 Upper Nine Mile River includes the postal code (B2S), 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 Upper Nine Mile River 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) |