Welcome to Linwood ...

The coastal village of Linwood is located on the north coast of Nova Scotia (on the Cabot Strait).

Linwood is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Linwood lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Area Codes for Linwood: 902 & 782<2>

Communities Also Named Linwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Linwood - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (4), Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Linwood.

Communities near Linwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Linwood.

• Port Hawkesbury
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hawkesbury
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Hawkesbury <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Port Hawkesbury
  • From Linwood to Port Hawkesbury
• Mulgrave
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulgrave
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulgrave <3>
• Rear Monastery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Monastery
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rear Monastery
  • From Linwood to Rear Monastery
• Tracadie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracadie
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tracadie
  • From Linwood to Tracadie
• Upper Big Tracadie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Big Tracadie
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Upper Big Tracadie
  • From Linwood to Upper Big Tracadie
• West Arm Tracadie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arm Tracadie
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to West Arm Tracadie
  • From Linwood to West Arm Tracadie
• Aulds Cove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Aulds Cove
  • From Linwood to Aulds Cove
• Merland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Merland
  • From Linwood to Merland
• Afton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Afton has also been known as:
  • Afton Station
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Afton
  • From Linwood to Afton
• Creignish
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creignish

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Linwood ...

Looking for more information about Linwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Linwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Linwood.

Adding Linwood to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Linwood was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Linwood.