Explore Stanstead Plain, 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 Stanstead Plain, 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 Stanstead Plain 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 Stanstead Plain.
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 | Stanstead Plain |
| Type | Administrative Sector |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Stanstead; Memphrémagog |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.018056 |
| Longitude | -72.091667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0B |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EQDVO |
Stanstead Plain is a administrative sector in Stanstead; Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Stanstead Plain is located at 45.0181°N, 72.0917°W.
Stanstead Plain rests within the Colline Pinkham, a landscape defined by solid, enduring stone and the quiet persistence of the Quebec countryside. It lies 26.0 km west-south-west of Coaticook, QC (from Coaticook, QC: bearing 240°T), and is situated 27.8 km south of Magog. The air here holds a crisp, mineral clarity, often catching the amber light of dusk against the granite outcrops that define the local geology. While Lac Crystal sits just 2 km away, offering a glassy stillness to the surroundings, the wider region remains shaped by the more distant presence of the Rivière Niger flowing 17 km away and the impressive Chutes Burroughs located 16 km from the center. Even as the horizon stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Parc national du Mont-Orford, 36 km off, the immediate vicinity of Stanstead Plain feels anchored by a sense of weight and geological permanence. Settlement in Stanstead Plain grew from the strength of the earth itself, as the industry of granite quarrying shaped both the local economy and the architectural character of the buildings. The extraction of stone provided the livelihood for generations, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, grey-walled structures that ground the village in its own history. The pace of life here moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, mirroring the heavy, reliable nature of the rock beneath the surface. Winters bring a profound, hushed silence, where the cold clarifies the lines of the landscape, and the daily work of the people continues in a rhythm as predictable and necessary as the turning of the seasons.
Stanstead Plain se déploie avec une retenue élégante sur les reliefs ondoyants de la Colline Pinkham, où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s'attarder sur la pierre grise des édifices historiques. L'air y possède une clarté singulière, une fraîcheur qui descend des hauteurs environnantes pour envelopper les rues d'une quiétude presque minérale. À peine distante de deux kilomètres, l'étendue paisible du Lac Crystal offre un miroir immobile au ciel, contrastant avec le souvenir lointain des Chutes Burroughs qui grondent à seize kilomètres de là, ou le cours plus furtif de la Rivière Niger, serpentant à dix-sept kilomètres de ce sol granitique. Au-delà des limites immédiates, la masse imposante du Parc national du Mont-Orford dessine une ligne sombre sur l'horizon lointain, rappelant la vaste étendue sauvage qui cerne Stanstead Plain. Ici, l'héritage de l'industrie du granit impose une prestance architecturale qui résiste à l'effritement des époques, conférant aux demeures une solidité héritée d'un labeur ancien. Les habitants cultivent une existence rythmée par la rudesse climatique et la beauté austère du terrain, perpétuant une tradition de travail et de patience qui habite chaque façade, chaque sentier bordant les propriétés et chaque pierre taillée sous le ciel changeant de Memphrémagog.
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Explore Stanstead Plain, 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: 45.018056, -72.091667. 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 Stanstead Plain 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 Stanstead Plain 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) |