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Communities Also Named Esperanza ...

We found seven communities that share the name Esperanza.

Within British Columbia, the name Esperanza is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Esperanza is located in Orange County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Esperanza.
      • Siskiyou County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Esperanza [Siskiyou County].
      • Tulare County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Esperanza [Tulare County].
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Esperanza [Red River Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Esperanza is located in Pontotoc County and lies 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Esperanza.
    • Texas
      • Hudspeth County
      • This Esperanza is located in Hudspeth County and lies 1,686 miles [2,713.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudspeth County community of Esperanza.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Esperanza is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,096 miles [3,373.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Esperanza.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Esperanza ...

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.

  • Atluck
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atluck came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atluck
  • Blowhole
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowhole
  • Boat Basin
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boat Basin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Basin
  • Ceepeecee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceepeecee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceepeecee
  • Centre Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centre Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
  • Fair Harbour
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Harbour
  • Gold River
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold River
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold River <5>
  • Mooyah Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooyah Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooyah Bay
  • Queens Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Cove

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Esperanza to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 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 2,347 miles [3,777.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 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 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Esperanza. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Esperanza) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Esperanza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8667, Longitude: -126.7333    
<2>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 Esperanza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Esperanza 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.
<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 Esperanza 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 344.633 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 346.87 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 330.538 degrees.




 

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