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Communities Also Named Arrowhead ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Arrowhead.

Within British Columbia, the name Arrowhead is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Arrowhead.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Arrowhead.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Arrowhead.
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Larimer County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Arrowhead.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Cook County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Arrowhead.
      • DuPage 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 Arrowhead [DuPage County].
      • McDonough County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Arrowhead [McDonough County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Frederick County and lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Arrowhead.
      • Howard County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Howard County and lies 2,125 miles [3,419.9 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Arrowhead.
    • Missouri
      • Miller County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Miller County and lies 1,505 miles [2,422.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Arrowhead.
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Clark County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Arrowhead.
      • Lyon County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Arrowhead.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic 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 Arrowhead.
    • North Carolina
      • New Hanover County
      • This Arrowhead is located in New Hanover County and lies 2,298 miles [3,698.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Arrowhead.
      • Orange County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Orange County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Arrowhead.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Carroll County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Arrowhead.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Knox County and lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Arrowhead.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Albemarle County and lies 2,100 miles [3,379.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Arrowhead.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Chesterfield County and lies 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Arrowhead.
      • Franklin County
      • This Arrowhead is located in Franklin County and lies 2,096 miles [3,373.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Arrowhead.
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Arrowhead is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Arrowhead.
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Arrowhead [King County].
      • Pierce County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Arrowhead [Pierce County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arrowhead ...

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.

  • Big Eddy
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Eddy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
  • Five Mile
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Mile came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile
  • Galena Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Bay
  • Greenslide
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenslide came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenslide
  • Halcyon Hot Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon Hot Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Hot Springs
  • Shelter Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
  • Trout Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Lake
  • Twin Butte
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Butte came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Butte

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Arrowhead once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Arrowhead and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Arrowhead to Victoria, with an average speed<5>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 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 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arrowhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arrowhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.6938, Longitude: -117.9220    
<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 Arrowhead 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 Arrowhead, 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 Arrowhead 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 337.364 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.568 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.542 degrees.




 

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