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Communities Also Named Boulder ...

We found ten communities that share the name Boulder.

Within British Columbia, the name Boulder is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Ventura County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Boulder.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Boulder [Arapahoe County].
      • Boulder County
      • This Boulder is located in Boulder County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Boulder.
    • Idaho
      • Blaine County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Boulder [Blaine County].
    • Illinois
      • Clinton County
      • This Boulder is located in Clinton County and lies 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Boulder.
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Boulder is located in Jefferson County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Boulder.
    • Utah
      • Garfield County
      • This Boulder is located in Garfield County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<3> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Boulder.
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • This Boulder is located in Scott County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Boulder.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Boulder is located in Barbour County and lies 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Boulder.
    • Wyoming
      • Sublette County
      • This Boulder is located in Sublette County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Boulder.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boulder ...

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.

  • Birch Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island
  • Clearwater
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <5>
  • Little Fort
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Fort came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fort
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Fort <5>
  • Louis Creek
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louis Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Creek
  • Roe Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roe Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Lake

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Boulder to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 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 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,383 miles [8,663.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Boulder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Boulder 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>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 from Point A (ie- Boulder) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boulder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.4667, Longitude: -120.1667    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Boulder 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 339.224 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.745 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.945 degrees.




 

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