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Communities Also Named Hays ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Hays.

Within Alberta, the name Hays is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • This Hays is located in Otero County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Hays.
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Hays [Lake County].
    • Kansas
      • Ellis County
      • This Hays is located in Ellis County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Hays.
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Hays is located in Warren County and lies 1,556 miles [2,504.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hays.
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson 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 Hays [Jefferson County].
      • Scott County
      • This Hays is located in Scott County and lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Hays.
      • Washington County
      • This Hays is located in Washington County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hays.
    • Montana
      • Blaine County
      • This Hays is located in Blaine County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Hays.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • This Hays is located in Wilkes County and lies 1,798 miles [2,893.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Hays.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hays.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Hays is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Hays.
      • Fayette County
      • This Hays is located in Fayette County and lies 1,700 miles [2,735.9 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hays.
    • Tennessee
      • Fayette County
      • This Hays is located in Fayette County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hays.
    • Texas
      • Hays County
      • This Hays is located in Hays County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hays County community of Hays.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler 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 West Virginia community of Hays [Tyler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hays ...

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.

  • Bow Island
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bow Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Island
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow Island <5>
  • Chin
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chin
  • Enchant
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enchant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchant
  • Goat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goat came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat
  • Grassy Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Juno
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
  • Purple Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

How Far From Hays to ...

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hays to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 97 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hays. 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Hays) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hays. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9782, Longitude: -111.8812    
<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 Hays 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hays, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Hays to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.467 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.91 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.703 degrees.




 

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