Explore Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
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 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Saint-Jean-Baptiste; La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.516667 |
| Longitude | -73.116667 |
| Population | 3,179 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J3H |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | ERGWJ |
Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a municipality in Saint-Jean-Baptiste; La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Saint-Jean-Baptiste is located at 45.5167°N, 73.1167°W.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste rests upon a level expanse of earth, defined by the quiet shadow of the Colline Brûlée that rises nearby to anchor the horizon. It lies 18.0 km south-west of Saint-Hyacinthe, QC (from Saint-Hyacinthe, QC: bearing 228°T), and is situated 8.7 km south-east of Belœil. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk when the fading light catches the dust of the fields and turns the sky into a bruised, soft violet. While the Rivière Richelieu flows with a steady, deep persistence eight kilometers away, the immediate surroundings feel held within a vast, open stillness. Only four kilometers distant, Lac Hertel gathers the reflections of the sky, offering a cool, dark mirror to the surrounding fields. Further out, the silhouette of the Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno marks the boundary of the landscape sixteen kilometers to the northwest, standing as a distant, wooded sentry over the lower plains. The history of Saint-Jean-Baptiste remains rooted in the deep agricultural traditions of the valley, where the soil dictates the seasons and the pace of the harvest. Local industry continues to lean upon the fertility of this land, with family farms and small-scale operations maintaining a quiet, functional presence that has endured for generations. The people go about their days with a pragmatic focus, their labor punctuated by the seasonal shift from the planting of spring to the golden exhaustion of autumn. Though the modern world hums along the edges of the municipality, the essential character of Saint-Jean-Baptiste survives in the persistent work of those who tend to the earth. The community finds its identity in this grounded persistence, where the weight of the past is felt not in monuments, but in the steady, recurring cycles of the land itself.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste s'étend sur une plaine fertile où la lumière du crépuscule semble s'attarder longuement sur les champs cultivés, révélant la texture fine d'une terre façonnée par des générations de labeur agricole. À proximité, la Colline Brûlée domine l'horizon, offrant une présence minérale et immuable qui oriente le regard vers les reliefs lointains. Les habitants perçoivent le souffle de la Rivière Richelieu, située à environ 8 km, dont l'humidité nourrit les sols et tempère les chaleurs estivales. À environ 4 km, les eaux paisibles du Lac Hertel conservent une quiétude propice à la contemplation, tandis que le Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno, distant d'environ 16 km, délimite un espace naturel préservé. Saint-Jean-Baptiste conserve une identité singulière, portée par une économie qui valorise le travail de la terre et le rythme mesuré des journées. L'air y est chargé d'une odeur de foin coupé et d'humus, marquant le passage des jours avec une sobriété élégante. Les maisons, espacées et robustes, épousent les courbes d'un terrain plat où le ciel occupe une place prédominante, changeant de nuance avec une précision presque mathématique. Ce paysage compose une réalité quotidienne où chaque élément physique, de la colline aux lointains reflets d'eau, définit une existence tournée vers la terre et les cieux.
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Explore Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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: 45.516667, -73.116667. 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste includes the postal code (J3H), 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 Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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) |