West Guilford Ontario Map

About West Guilford, Ontario

West Guilford is a locality in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. West Guilford is located at 45.1096°N, 78.6002°W.

West Guilford rests in the heart of the Haliburton Highlands, a place where the Canadian Shield asserts its ancient, rugged beauty. It lies 47.2 km east-north-east of Bracebridge, ON (from Bracebridge, ON: bearing 78°T), and is situated 12.5 km south of Kennisis Lake. The land here is a mosaic of granite outcroppings, dense evergreen forests that cling to the slopes, and countless small, clear lakes that mirror the vast, shifting sky. Rolling hills give way to valleys carved by glaciers millennia ago, and the air, especially after a rain, carries the sharp, clean scent of pine needles and damp earth. Summer light, when it breaks through the canopy, has a luminous quality, painting the forest floor in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. The quiet here is profound, broken only by the distant call of a loon or the rustle of unseen creatures in the underbrush. This quietude belies a history deeply intertwined with the land and its bounty. For generations, Indigenous peoples navigated these waterways and forests, their presence a subtle echo in the landscape. Later, logging and the fur trade shaped the early economy, with hardy souls carving out a life from the demanding terrain. Today, West Guilford remains a haven for those seeking solace and connection to nature, its economy sustained by tourism, small-scale agriculture, and the crafts of local artisans who draw inspiration from the surrounding wildness. The old general store, a hub of local life, still stands, a testament to the enduring spirit of this place, where the pace of life is dictated less by clocks and more by the changing seasons and the gentle rhythm of the lake waters lapping at the shore.

About This West Guilford Map Page

Explore West Guilford, 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: 45.10956, -78.60024. 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 West Guilford includes the postal code (K0M), 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 West Guilford 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.