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Communities Also Named Royce ...

We found three communities that share the name Royce.

Within Alberta, the name Royce is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Oscoda County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Royce [Oscoda County].
    • Mississippi
      • Greene County
      • This Royce is located in Greene County and lies 2,259 miles [3,635.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Royce.
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This Royce is located in Union County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Royce.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royce ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Blueberry Mountain
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluesky
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluesky came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluesky
  • Eureka River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka River
  • Gage
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Marina
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marina came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina
  • Poplar Ridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
  • Scotswood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotswood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotswood
  • Silver Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley

How Far From Royce to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Royce to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Royce and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Royce to Edmonton, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Royce. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Royce could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 56.2167, Longitude: -118.8333    
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Royce to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.175 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.861 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.343 degrees.




 

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