Essex Ontario Map

About Essex, Ontario

Essex is a town in Essex, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Essex is located at 42.0942°N, 82.9008°W.

Essex nestles into a landscape of broad, generous fields, where the earth exhales the rich scent of fertile soil after a spring rain. It lies 24.4 km south-south-east of Windsor, ON (from Windsor, ON: bearing 162°T), and is situated 12.1 km east-south-east of Amherstburg. The land unfolds in gentle swells, a patient canvas painted with the vibrant greens of young crops and the deeper hues of mature woodlands that punctuate the horizon. Here, the sky feels vast, an immense dome that stretches from the edge of one cultivated expanse to the next, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, seems to linger, casting long, benevolent shadows that soften the edges of the world. The air itself carries a quiet hum, a resonance of growth and ceaseless, unseen processes that bind the scattered farmsteads and the clustered homes of Essex into a single, breathing entity. This corner of Ontario, long a breadbasket for the region, carries the imprint of generations who coaxed sustenance from its welcoming earth. The agricultural roots run deep, evident in the orderly rows of corn and soybeans that define its economic pulse, a continuing dialogue between farmer and fertile ground. Beyond the fields, echoes of a past shaped by the Detroit River's proximity whisper through the local narrative, a historical connection to trade and movement. While not a place of grand monuments, Essex possesses its own understated charm, a quiet pride in its enduring connection to the land and the simple, honest work that sustains it, a character that has been shaped by the steady hand of time and the unwavering generosity of its soil.

About This Essex Map Page

Explore Essex, Ontario, 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: 42.094167, -82.900833. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Essex includes the postal code (N8M), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Essex 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.