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Communities Also Named Monitor ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Monitor.

Within Alberta, the name Monitor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yuma 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 Arizona community of Monitor [Yuma County].
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Monitor.
    • Kansas
      • McPherson 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 Kansas community of Monitor [McPherson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Trimble County
      • This Monitor is located in Trimble County and lies 1,521 miles [2,447.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trimble County community of Monitor.
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Monitor [Bay County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Monitor.
    • New Jersey
      • Hudson 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 New Jersey community of Monitor [Hudson County].
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Monitor is located in Clackamas County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Monitor.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Monitor is located in Amherst County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Monitor.
    • Washington
      • Chelan County
      • This Monitor is located in Chelan County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Monitor.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Monitor is located in Logan County and lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Monitor.
      • Monroe County
      • This Monitor is located in Monroe County and lies 1,754 miles [2,822.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Monitor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monitor ...

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.

  • Consort
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cosine
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cosine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosine
  • Superb
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superb came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superb
  • Veteran
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Veteran came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veteran

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Monitor to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,634 miles [2,629.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 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 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Monitor. 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 Monitor 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monitor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monitor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.9783, Longitude: -110.5714    
<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 Monitor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<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 Monitor 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 331.457 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.938 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.511 degrees.




 

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