Explore Hampden, 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 Hampden, 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.
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 Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Hampden 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 Hampden.
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.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Hampden |
| Type | Township Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Hampden; Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.5 |
| Longitude | -71.25 |
| Population | 193 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | G0Y |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGPRO |
Hampden is a township municipality in Hampden; Le Haut-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Hampden is located at 45.5000°N, 71.2500°W.
Hampden rests within the Le Pain de Sucre, a landscape defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Rivière au Saumon. It lies 4.0 km west-north-west of Franceville, QC (from Franceville, QC: bearing 282°T), and is situated 4.7 km west-north-west of Secteur de Franceville. The air here possesses a crystalline sharpness that clarifies the horizon, where the land rises toward the distant, brooding silhouette of Parc national du Mont-Mégantic. Near the quiet margins of Lac Dumoulin, the light at dusk pools in the hollows like spilled honey, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields. Hampden maintains its character through a quiet devotion to the soil, where the local economy finds its strength in the rhythms of agriculture and forestry. Generations have worked these slopes, finding a sturdy independence in the seasonal turn of the woods. Whether tending to the timber or watching the water move along the Rivière au Saumon, the people of Hampden hold to a life that favors the endurance of the earth over the clamor of the modern world.
Hampden déploie ses terres sur les pentes du Pain de Sucre, là où la lumière décline avec une lenteur solennelle sur les vallons du Haut-Saint-François. Le courant de la Rivière au Saumon sculpte le relief en serpentant avec une régularité ancienne, accompagnant les travaux des hommes qui ont su apprivoiser ce sol rigoureux. À quelques encablures, le Lac Dumoulin repose dans une quiétude minérale, tandis que les masses imposantes du Parc national du Mont-Mégantic dominent l’horizon de leur présence immuable. Les habitants de Hampden cultivent une relation de respect avec cette nature exigeante, façonnée par des hivers qui imposent leur loi et des étés courts mais denses. Ici, le travail de la terre demeure une liturgie silencieuse, un lien direct avec les racines forestières et agricoles de la région. Les sentiers et les chemins de campagne observent le passage des jours, révélant une existence tournée vers la terre ferme, loin des agitations lointaines. Dans ce cadre où le ciel semble plus proche de la cime des arbres, chaque habitant reconnaît la texture particulière de l’air qui descend des hauteurs, une fraîcheur vive qui annonce la pérennité du paysage.
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Explore Hampden, 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: 45.5, -71.25. 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 Hampden includes the postal code (G0Y), 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 Hampden 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) |