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West Dalhousie Nova Scotia Map

Explore West Dalhousie, 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 West Dalhousie, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This West Dalhousie, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Dalhousie, 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 West Dalhousie 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 West Dalhousie.

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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PlaceWest Dalhousie
TypeCommunity
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationAnnapolis
CountryCanada
Latitude44.719036
Longitude-65.225626
Postal Code (FSA)B0S
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceTown
CGN IDCBOAV

About West Dalhousie, Nova Scotia

West Dalhousie is a community in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. West Dalhousie is located at 44.7190°N, 65.2256°W.

West Dalhousie rests upon a quiet expanse of inland terrain, defined by the steady rise of Birch Hill and the cool, still presence of Barren Lake just a short distance away. It lies 23.3 km east of Annapolis Royal, NS (from Annapolis Royal, NS: bearing 97°T), and is situated 15.5 km east-south-east of Round Hill. The air here holds a particular clarity, a sharp, thin quality that seems to sharpen the edges of the spruce and hemlock as the sun begins its slow withdrawal behind the tree line. While the Annapolis River flows well to the north, the character of West Dalhousie is shaped by this proximity to higher ground, where the land holds onto the dampness of the morning long after the mist has retreated. The history of West Dalhousie is grounded in the labor of those who cleared the timber and turned the soil, sustaining a livelihood that remains closely aligned with the forest and the small-scale agricultural traditions of the region. Life here moves with the requirements of the seasons, far removed from the broader horizons of Parc national du Canada Kejimkujik or the distant, rocky outcrop of Scotchmans Lip. Local industry is quiet, focused on the steady output of the woodlot and the field, and the people who call West Dalhousie home find their rhythms in the maintenance of fences and the seasonal harvest. In the evening, the silence is absolute, save for the occasional call of a bird or the wind shifting through the canopy, marking the transition from the work of the day to the deep, dark rest of the Nova Scotian night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 3.9 km, 289° WNW
  • Medway Lakes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 km, 181° S · 430 ha
  • Gormley/Thygesen House (Historic Ruins) — 10.6 km, 026° NNE
  • Rosengren House (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 km, 025° NNE
  • Battle of Bloody Creek (Monument) — 13.3 km, 330° NNW
  • Tupperville School Museum (Marion L. Inglis) (Museum) — 14.1 km, 312° NW
  • McGill Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.2 km, 100° E · 477 ha
  • James House Museum (Museum) — 14.5 km, 339° NNW
  • Pierre Thibaudeau (Attraction) — 15.3 km, 293° WNW
  • Cloud Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.4 km, 062° ENE · 4,893 ha
  • Paradise Heritage Centre (Museum) — 16.8 km, 004° N
  • Lambs Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.9 km, 251° WSW
  • Mickey Hill Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 17.6 km, 253° WSW · 73 ha
  • Valleyview Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 18.2 km, 338° NNW · 57 ha
  • Lawrencetown Farm Museum (Museum) — 18.8 km, 015° NNE
  • Mickey Hill Picnic Park & Lambs Lake (Attraction) — 19.5 km, 253° WSW
  • Skull Bog Lake Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.0 km, 131° SE
  • Snowshoe Lakes Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 km, 168° SSE
  • Port Royal National Historic Site (Art / Cultural Centre) — 21.9 km, 276° W
  • Action Jax Family Fun Park (Theme Park) — 22.4 km, 282° WNW
  • Cannon (Attraction) — 23.3 km, 276° W
  • Fort Anne National Historic Site (Heritage Site) — 23.3 km, 276° W
  • Annapolis Heritage Society (Heritage Site) — 23.3 km, 278° W
  • Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons (Monument) — 23.3 km, 276° W
  • The 'Black Hole' (Attraction) — 23.4 km, 276° W
  • Sinclair Inn National Historic Site (Heritage Site) — 23.4 km, 277° W
  • Kings Theatre (Theatre) — 23.4 km, 277° W
  • Porcupine Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.9 km, 151° SSE
  • Torbrook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.2 km, 045° NE
  • Scrag Lake Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.4 km, 121° ESE · 1,960 ha

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About This West Dalhousie Map Page

Explore West Dalhousie, 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: 44.719036, -65.225626. 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 West Dalhousie includes the postal code (B0S), 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 West Dalhousie 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)