Cowie Hill
Cowie Hill is a primarily residential area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Cowie Hill is a primarily residential area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As the name suggests, the neighbourhood is built on a hill, which overlooks the Northwest Arm and the Halifax peninsula.
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Worth seeing in and around Cowie Hill
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and two satellite medical school campuses, in Saint John, New Brunswick and in Cape Breton. Dalhousie offers over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties.
2.9 km · public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02University of King's College
The University of King's College is a public liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Established in 1789, it is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the oldest English-language university in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom.
2.7 km · oldest chartered university in Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia - 03Saint Mary's University
Saint Mary's University is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry.
3.5 km · university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Halifax Public Gardens
The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian-era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road and opposite Victoria Park.
3.9 km · public park in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia - 05Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
The Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, is located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The museum includes collections and exhibits concerning the natural sciences as well as artifacts of cultural significance to Nova Scotia.
3.9 km · natural history museum in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06All Saints Cathedral, Halifax
The Cathedral Church of All Saints, also known as All Saints Cathedral, is a cathedral church of the Anglican Church of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the cathedral for the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
3.9 km · church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Chocolate Lake
Chocolate Lake is located in the Armdale neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The lake is surrounded by many private homes as well as a Best Western hotel and a city beach.
1.9 km · lake in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08
- 09Kidston Lake
Kidston Lake is a lake in the Spryfield area of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. An area along its eastern shore has been made into a municipal park, with artificial sand beaches and a lifeguard in the summer months.
2.8 km · lake in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Long Lake Provincial Park
Long Lake Provincial Park is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was initiated in 1981 by then Premier John Buchanan after Halifax's water supply had been shifted from the Spruce Hill/Long Lake/Chain Lakes watershed to the Pockwock Lake watershed near Hammonds Plains.
1.2 km · provincial park in Nova Scotia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cowie Hill
- Airports
- Halifax / Stanfield (YHZ), 30 km
- Quebec → Cowie Hill637 km · quickest by air, 7h 31m · C$200–310
- Montréal → Cowie Hill788 km · quickest by air, 5h 54m · C$220–340
- St. John's → Cowie Hill901 km · quickest by air, 5h 45m · C$220–330
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cowie Hill
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cowie Hill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGoing east on 104 takes you to Cape Breton or, alternatively, the ferry to Prince Edward Island.
- Get aroundHalifax Transit operates two ferry routes that stop at .
- Get aroundThe Halifax to Dartmouth ferry dates back to 1752.
- Get aroundFor the same cost as bus fare, one can take the ferry back and forth between Dartmouth and Halifax, this is an excellent (and cheap) way to take in the skyline views, spot ships, and mingle with locals.
- Get aroundThe Halifax-Woodside Ferry only runs Monday to Friday, there is little to do, and few places to go from the Woodside terminal.
From Wikivoyage: Halifax, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Cowie Hill
Cowie Hill is 4 km from Halifax, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Quinpool Districtcommunity in Nova Scotia, Canada3.4 km
- Mulgrave Parkhuman settlement in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada3.3 km
- Armdalehuman settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada1.8 km
- Deadmans Islandisland in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada1.4 km
- Spryfieldsuburban Community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada2.2 km
- South Endhuman settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada3.4 km