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Whycocomagh Reserve Nova Scotia Map

Explore Whycocomagh Reserve, 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 Whycocomagh Reserve, Nova Scotia

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How to Use This Whycocomagh Reserve, Nova Scotia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Whycocomagh Reserve, 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 Whycocomagh Reserve 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 Whycocomagh Reserve.

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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PlaceWhycocomagh Reserve
TypeDispersed Rural Community
Province / TerritoryNova Scotia (NS)
LocationInverness
CountryCanada
Latitude45.966214
Longitude-61.133764
Postal Code (FSA)B0E
Area Code782, 902
ImportanceVillage / hamlet
CGN IDCBOUN

About Whycocomagh Reserve, Nova Scotia

Whycocomagh Reserve is a locality in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Whycocomagh Reserve is located at 45.9662°N, 61.1338°W.

Whycocomagh Reserve anchors itself along the Atlantic coast, where the terrain rises toward the slopes of The Big Ridge and the earth holds the cool, damp breath of the north. It lies 32.2 km south-south-east of Inverness, NS (from Inverness, NS: bearing 156°T), and is situated 1.4 km south-west of Whycocomagh. The Skye River carves a path through the landscape, its waters mirroring the shifting grey-blue light that defines these late afternoons. Only two kilometers away, Whycocomagh Provincial Park offers a quiet threshold into the deeper woods, while further afield, the presence of MacPhedrans Lake and the distant, cascading rush of Myles Doyle Falls suggest a wilderness that remains deeply attentive to the movement of seasons. The air here tastes of salt and pine, a sharpening clarity that settles over the land as the sun dips behind the rising ground. The history of Whycocomagh Reserve carries the enduring presence of the Mi’kmaq people, whose connection to these shores and the surrounding hills predates the arrival of later settlers. Daily life within Whycocomagh Reserve follows the movement of the tides and the demands of a local economy rooted in the stewardship of natural resources. There is a specific gravity to the work here, a quiet focus required to navigate the coastal environment and the rugged interior. Traditions persist in the way the land is tended and the way stories are kept, reflecting a culture that values the long view and the steady, persistent labor of maintaining a home between the river and the sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Skye River Trail (Attraction) — 0.7 km, 013° NNE
  • Whycocomagh Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 1.7 km, 083° E · 196 ha
  • Whycocomagh Picnic Park (Attraction) — 2.0 km, 090° E
  • Salt Mountain Memorial Park Hugh McLennan (Monument) — 3.0 km, 092° E
  • Salt Mountain ViewPoint #1 (Viewpoint) — 3.0 km, 095° E
  • MacDonalds Pond Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.4 km, 157° SSE
  • Old Growth Forest Lands (Old Growth Forest) — 4.0 km, 025° NNE
  • MacRitchies Brook Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.4 km, 120° ESE
  • Orangedale Station Museum (Museum) — 7.9 km, 157° SSE
  • Orangedale Railway Museum (Museum) — 8.0 km, 157° SSE
  • Orangedale Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 8.4 km, 152° SSE · 50 ha
  • Humes River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.8 km, 048° NE · 3,625 ha
  • Seal Cove Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.2 km, 160° SSE
  • Ashfield Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.5 km, 194° SSW
  • Trout Brook Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.0 km, 021° NNE · 2,861 ha
  • Bornish Hill Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.8 km, 239° WSW
  • River Denys Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.2 km, 218° SW
  • Little Beaver Lakes Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 km, 144° SE
  • Cains Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.6 km, 084° E · 555 ha
  • North Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 km, 188° S · 1,080 ha
  • MacFarlane Woods Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.2 km, 287° WNW
  • Macdonald House Museum (Museum) — 18.7 km, 358° N
  • Mary Harper Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 km, 059° ENE
  • Southwest Mabou River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 km, 270° W
  • Glendyer Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 km, 314° NW
  • Ainslie Point Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 22.6 km, 344° NNW · 38 ha
  • An Drochaid-The Bridge Museum (Museum) — 23.2 km, 301° WNW
  • Washabuck River Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.3 km, 067° ENE
  • Barra Forest and MacNeils Vale Provincial Park (Provincial Park) — 23.3 km, 077° ENE · 733 ha
  • Strathspey Performing Arts Centre (Theatre) — 23.6 km, 297° WNW

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About This Whycocomagh Reserve Map Page

Explore Whycocomagh Reserve, 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: 45.966214, -61.133764. 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 Whycocomagh Reserve includes the postal code (B0E), 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 Whycocomagh Reserve 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)