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Communities Also Named Busby ...

We found eight communities that share the name Busby.

Within Alberta, the name Busby is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Elk County
      • This Busby is located in Elk County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Busby.
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Busby [Tunica County].
    • Montana
      • Big Horn County
      • This Busby is located in Big Horn County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Busby.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Busby lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Busby is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Busby.
    • Texas
      • Fisher County
      • This Busby is located in Fisher County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fisher County community of Busby.
    • Washington
      • Whitman County
      • This Busby is located in Whitman County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Busby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Busby ...

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.

  • Birch Cove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Cove
  • Bon Accord
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Accord came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Accord
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bon Accord <4>
  • Carbondale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Clyde
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Freedom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Gunn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
  • Highridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highridge
  • Legal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rich Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
  • Rolling Heights
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Sunrise Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach

How Far From Busby to ...

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Busby to Edmonton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,779 miles [2,863 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Busby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Busby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.9500, Longitude: -113.9000    
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Busby 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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Busby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.144 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.151 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.357 degrees.




 

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