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Washabuck Centre Nova Scotia Map

Explore Washabuck Centre, 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 Washabuck Centre, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Washabuck Centre, Nova Scotia Map

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

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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PlaceWashabuck Centre
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationVictoria
CountryCanada
Latitude46.058085
Longitude-60.791998
Postal Code (FSA)B2C
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCBNMY

About Washabuck Centre, Nova Scotia

Washabuck Centre is a community in Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Washabuck Centre is located at 46.0581°N, 60.7920°W.

Washabuck Centre rests upon the Atlantic coast, where the land meets the salt-heavy air with a steady, enduring grace. It lies 44.0 km east-south-east of Inverness, NS (from Inverness, NS: bearing 116°T), and is situated 5.5 km south-south-west of Baddeck. The Washabuck River winds through the low-lying terrain, its currents carrying the cool, dark reflection of the sky toward the sea. Nearby, the Big Hill rises as a silent sentinel over the fields, its slopes holding the light of the late afternoon long after the lowlands have slipped into shadow. The air here holds the crisp, bracing tang of the ocean, a sharpness that clarifies the senses and highlights the rugged textures of the shoreline. Even the quietest hours are marked by the distant, rhythmic shift of the tide, grounding the landscape in a cycle that feels older than the houses scattered along the coast. Life in Washabuck Centre follows the slow, deliberate work of those who live by the seasons, shaped by the practical demands of the coastal soil and the surrounding wilderness. While Easach Ban lies some distance away, the influence of the wider landscape is felt in the way the local economy remains tied to the natural bounty of the river and the sea. Generations have built their homes here, finding a quiet stability in the solitude that the geography provides. The traditions of the region are held in the daily habits of the residents, who move through their tasks with a focus that honors the persistence of their ancestors. In Washabuck Centre, the day concludes not with a sudden end, but with a gradual fading of color that leaves the land resting beneath the vast, cooling dome of the Atlantic night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Barra Forest and MacNeils Vale Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 2.0 km, 199° SSW · 733 ha
  • Washabuck River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.1 km, 259° W
  • Theatre Baddeck (Theatre) — 5.6 km, 032° NNE
  • Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site (Museum) — 6.2 km, 035° NE
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 7.3 km, 335° NNW
  • Cains Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.2 km, 222° SW · 555 ha
  • Baddeck Bay Lookoff (Attraction) — 9.6 km, 038° NE
  • Mary Harper Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.2 km, 268° W
  • Humes River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.7 km, 266° W · 3,625 ha
  • Highland Village (Attraction) — 12.3 km, 189° S
  • Nova Scotia Highland Village Society (Museum) — 12.5 km, 189° S
  • MacAulays Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 km, 049° NE
  • Middle River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.5 km, 342° NNW · 5,618 ha
  • Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 16.0 km, 002° N · 147 ha
  • Baddeck River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.1 km, 010° N · 2,778 ha
  • Trout Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.4 km, 278° W · 2,861 ha
  • Seven Falls Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 km, 319° NW
  • Powerline Road Outlook (Viewpoint) — 21.5 km, 051° NE
  • North River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.0 km, 015° NNE · 3,987 ha
  • Great Hall of the Clans Highland Pioneers Museum The (Museum) — 22.3 km, 041° NE
  • MacRitchies Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.2 km, 234° SW
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 25.5 km, 247° WSW · 196 ha
  • Salt Mountain Memorial Park Hugh McLennan (Monument) — 25.6 km, 246° WSW
  • Whycocomagh Picnic Park (Attraction) — 26.5 km, 247° WSW
  • Barrachois Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 26.9 km, 073° ENE · 118 ha
  • Little Beaver Lakes Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.5 km, 217° SW
  • The Skye River Trail (Attraction) — 27.9 km, 250° WSW
  • Ben Eoin Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 28.0 km, 113° ESE · 90 ha
  • Macdonald House Museum (Museum) — 28.3 km, 288° WNW
  • MacDonalds Pond Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.5 km, 241° WSW

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About This Washabuck Centre Map Page

Explore Washabuck Centre, 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: 46.058085, -60.791998. 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 Washabuck Centre includes the postal code (B2C), 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 Washabuck Centre 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)