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Communities Also Named Forest Knolls ...

We found seven communities that share the name Forest Knolls.

Within British Columbia, the name Forest Knolls 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
      • Marin County
      • This Forest Knolls is located in Marin County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Forest Knolls.
      • Nevada County
      • This Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Forest Knolls.
      • San Francisco County
      • This Forest Knolls is located in San Francisco County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Francisco County community of Forest Knolls.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Forest Knolls [Montgomery County].
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Forest Knolls [Prince George's County].
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Forest Knolls.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Forest Knolls [Lancaster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Knolls ...

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.

  • Clover Valley ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
  • Cloverdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fern Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
  • Glen Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley
  • Hydro
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hydro came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Livingstone
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstone
  • Maple Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Ridge <4>
  • Silver Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
  • Silverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
  • Walnut Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Forest Knolls to Victoria, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,175 miles [3,500.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,676 miles [10,744 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 7,437 miles [11,968.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,575 miles [8,972.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 '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- Forest Knolls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1500, Longitude: -122.5833    
<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 Forest Knolls 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>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 Forest Knolls 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 341.147 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.823 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.80 degrees.




 

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