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Communities Also Named Bend ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Bend.

Within British Columbia, the name Bend is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Bend is located in Johnson County and lies 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Bend.
    • California
      • Tehama County
      • This Bend is located in Tehama County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Bend.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint James Parish
      • This Bend is located in Saint James Parish and lies 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint James Parish community of Bend.
    • Missouri
      • Maries County
      • This Bend is located in Maries County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Bend.
    • Montana
      • Sanders County
      • This Bend is located in Sanders County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Bend.
    • Ohio
      • Defiance County
      • This Bend is located in Defiance County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Bend.
    • Oregon
      • Crook 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 Oregon community of Bend [Crook County].
      • Deschutes County
      • This Bend is located in Deschutes County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deschutes County community of Bend.
    • South Dakota
      • Meade County
      • This Bend is located in Meade County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Bend.
    • Texas
      • San Saba County
      • This Bend is located in San Saba County and lies 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Saba County community of Bend.
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bend [Louisa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bend ...

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.

  • Dome Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dome Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome Creek
  • Goat River
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goat River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat River
  • Longworth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longworth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longworth
  • Loos
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loos came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loos
  • Penny
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penny came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny
  • Rider
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rider came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bend to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,071 miles [3,333 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 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 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,272 miles [8,484.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bend. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 '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- Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.7667, Longitude: -121.0667    
<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 Bend 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 Bend, 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 Bend 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 340.009 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.774 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.264 degrees.




 

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