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Communities Also Named Granite ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Granite.

Within British Columbia, the name Granite is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This Granite is located in Chaffee County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Granite.
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • This Granite is located in Boise County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boise County community of Granite.
      • Bonner County
      • This Granite is located in Bonner County and lies 105 miles [169 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Granite.
      • Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Granite [Kootenai County].
      • Shoshone 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 Idaho community of Granite [Shoshone County].
    • Iowa
      • Lyon County
      • This Granite is located in Lyon County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Granite.
    • Maine
      • Hancock 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 Maine community of Granite [Hancock County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Granite is located in Baltimore County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Granite.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Michigan community of Granite [Marquette County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Granite [Deer Lodge County].
      • Granite 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 Montana community of Granite [Granite County].
    • Nevada
      • Mineral 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 Nevada community of Granite [Mineral County].
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Granite.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Granite is located in Carroll County and lies 2,197 miles [3,535.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Granite.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Granite is located in Ulster County and lies 2,117 miles [3,407 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Granite.
    • Oklahoma
      • Greer County
      • This Granite is located in Greer County and lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greer County community of Granite.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Granite is located in Grant County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Granite.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams 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 Granite [Adams County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Granite is located in Anderson County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Granite.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Granite is located in Salt Lake County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Granite.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Granite [Chesterfield County].
      • Richmond City
      • This Granite is located in Richmond City and lies 2,129 miles [3,426.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Granite.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • This Granite is located in Laramie County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Granite.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Granite ...

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.

  • Crescent Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Bay
  • Crescent Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Valley <5>
  • Hall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Lemon Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Creek
  • Mountain Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nelson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • New Settlement
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Settlement
  • Playmor Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Willow Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Granite 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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,940 miles [3,122.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 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 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,425 miles [8,730.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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- Granite) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.4833, Longitude: -117.3667    
<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 Granite 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 Granite, 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'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 Granite 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 336.872 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.922 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.323 degrees.




 

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