Explore Ayer's Cliff, Quebec, 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.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ayer's Cliff, Quebec. 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Ayer's Cliff 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 Ayer's Cliff.
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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| Place | Ayer's Cliff |
| Type | Village Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Ayer's Cliff; Memphrémagog |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.166667 |
| Longitude | -72.05 |
| Population | 1,180 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0B |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EKVMH |
Ayer's Cliff is a village municipality in Ayer's Cliff; Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Ayer's Cliff is located at 45.1667°N, 72.0500°W.
Ayer's Cliff rests within the rise of the Colline Butternut, where the land holds the quiet gravity of the Eastern Townships. It lies 13.3 km south-east of Magog, QC (from Magog, QC: bearing 145°T), and is situated 14.6 km west-north-west of Barnston. The Rivière Niger carves a steady path through the terrain, its waters drawing a silver line against the backdrop of the rugged hills. At dusk, the light catches the moisture rising from the banks, turning the air thick and cool as it settles over the valley. Nearby, the water drops through the Chutes Burroughs, creating a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the stillness of the surrounding woods. While Lac Massawippi sits about 8 km away and the expanse of Parc national du Mont-Orford remains 23 km distant, the immediate landscape of Ayer's Cliff feels self-contained and deliberate, defined by the geology of the Colline Butternut and the persistent flow of the river. The history of Ayer's Cliff is built upon the stubborn productivity of the soil and the early trade that moved along its water routes. Farmers and settlers shaped the local economy, finding value in the fertile ground and the power provided by the Rivière Niger to run early mills. Today, the pace of life maintains a focus on land stewardship and local commerce, with the residents observing the seasons through the harvest and the changing color of the hardwoods. There is a specific clarity to the winter mornings here, when the frost clings to the edges of the fields and the sky takes on a brittle, pale blue hue. The enduring character of Ayer's Cliff persists in these quiet cycles, where the work of the day is measured against the long, slow shadows cast by the hills.
Ayer's Cliff s'étire avec une tranquille assurance sur les pentes de la Colline Butternut, là où la terre semble retenir son souffle avant de plonger vers la Rivière Niger. Le paysage se déploie dans une lumière dorée qui caresse les champs et les battants de bois, offrant aux habitants une intimité que seule la géographie des Cantons peut engendrer. À quelques kilomètres, le Lac Massawippi étend ses eaux calmes, tandis que le fracas discret des Chutes Burroughs ponctue la quiétude des terres environnantes. Vers le nord, le Parc national du Mont-Orford dessine une ligne d'horizon familière, rappelant aux résidents la proximité des cimes. Ayer's Cliff maintient cette fidélité aux gestes agricoles et à une économie façonnée par les saisons, loin de la rumeur des grands centres. L'air y possède une texture singulière, chargée de l'humidité des vallées et du parfum des terres labourées. La vie quotidienne se règle sur ce rythme lent, presque suspendu, où chaque rencontre au détour d'un chemin confirme le sentiment d'appartenance à un sol généreux. Ici, le ciel se fait plus vaste, accueillant la clarté crépusculaire qui enveloppe les toits et les vergers, transformant chaque fin de journée en une lente célébration de la terre habitée.
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Explore Ayer's Cliff, Quebec, 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: 45.166667, -72.05. 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 Ayer's Cliff includes the postal code (J0B), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). 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 Ayer's Cliff 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |