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Communities Also Named Lansdowne ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Lansdowne.

Within Ontario, the name Lansdowne is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these thirteen communities, five are located in Canada and ten are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Mobile County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Lansdowne.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Cobb County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Lansdowne.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Lansdowne [Saint Clair County].
    • Kansas
      • Kingman County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Kingman County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Lansdowne.
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Fayette County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lansdowne.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Baltimore County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Lansdowne.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lansdowne lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Hunterdon County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Lansdowne.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg 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 North Carolina community of Lansdowne [Mecklenburg County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Lansdowne.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Delaware County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Lansdowne.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Lansdowne is located in Loudoun County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Lansdowne.
    • Yukon
      • This Lansdowne lies 2,585 miles [4,160.2 km]<1> to the northwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lansdowne ...

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.

  • Ebenezer
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Eden Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Front of Escott
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Front of Escott came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front of Escott
  • Greenfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Narrows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
  • Outlet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Outlet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
  • Rapid Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rapid Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapid Valley
  • Rockfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
  • Rockport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <4>
  • Sand Bay Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay Corner
  • Union
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Lansdowne to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,625 miles [9,052.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,226 miles [6,801.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 from Point A (ie- Lansdowne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lansdowne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4064, Longitude: -76.0192    
<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 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 Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne 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 306.761 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.04 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.907 degrees.




 

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