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Communities Also Named Fife ...

We found seven communities that share the name Fife.

Within British Columbia, the name Fife is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Fife is located in Fulton County and lies 2,024 miles [3,257.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Fife.
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Fife is located in Cascade County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Fife.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Fife is located in Cass County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Fife.
    • 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 Fife [Crook County].
    • Texas
      • McCulloch County
      • This Fife is located in McCulloch County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Fife.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Fife is located in Goochland County and lies 2,130 miles [3,427.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Fife.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Fife is located in Pierce County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Fife.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fife ...

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.

  • Almond Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almond Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond Gardens
  • Cascade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Danville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Frontier
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
    • Frontier is located in Stevens County (WA)
  • Goldstake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldstake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldstake
    • Goldstake is located in Ferry County (WA)
  • Grand Forks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Forks
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Forks <4>
  • Nursery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nursery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Silica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
  • Velvet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velvet have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet
    • Velvet is located in Stevens County (WA)

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fife to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 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 1,982 miles [3,189.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 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 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,471 miles [8,804.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fife. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fife) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fife. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0575, Longitude: -118.2134    
<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 Fife 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Fife 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 337.547 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.67 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.925 degrees.




 

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