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Communities Also Named Ascalon ...

We found four communities that share the name Ascalon.

Within Ontario, the name Ascalon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Cheyenne 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 Colorado community of Ascalon [Cheyenne County].
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • This Ascalon is located in Walker County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Ascalon.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Ascalon is located in Saint Louis County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Ascalon.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Pershing County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pershing County community of Ascalon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ascalon ...

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.

  • Booth Landing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booth Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth Landing
  • Ceramic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceramic came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceramic
  • Chiswick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiswick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiswick
  • Government Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Government Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Park
  • Grahamvale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grahamvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamvale
  • Grand-Desert
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand-Desert came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand-Desert
  • Great Desert
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Desert came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Desert
  • Mink Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mink Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Lake

How Far From Ascalon 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 Ascalon to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Ascalon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,662 miles [9,112.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,280 miles [6,888 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Ascalon 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 '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- Ascalon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ascalon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0742, Longitude: -78.8053    
<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 Ascalon, 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 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 Ascalon 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 308.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.119 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.557 degrees.









 

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