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Communities Also Named Happy Valley ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Happy Valley.

Within British Columbia, the name Happy Valley is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 31 communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Happy Valley lies 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Calaveras 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 Happy Valley [Calaveras County].
      • El Dorado County
      • This Happy Valley is located in El Dorado County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Happy Valley.
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Happy Valley.
      • Shasta County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Shasta County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Happy Valley.
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Escambia County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Happy Valley.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Hall County and lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Happy Valley.
      • McDuffie County
      • This Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDuffie County community of Happy Valley.
      • Walker County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Walker County and lies 2,150 miles [3,460.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Happy Valley.
    • Hawaii
      • This Happy Valley lies 2,630 miles [4,232.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Happy Valley.
    • Missouri
      • Harrison 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 Missouri community of Happy Valley [Harrison County].
    • Montana
      • Flathead 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 Montana community of Happy Valley [Flathead County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,471 miles [3,976.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Happy Valley.
    • New Mexico
      • Eddy 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 New Mexico community of Happy Valley [Eddy County].
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Oswego County and lies 2,272 miles [3,656.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Happy Valley.
      • Rockland County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Rockland County and lies 2,431 miles [3,912.3 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Happy Valley.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Happy Valley.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Buncombe County and lies 2,249 miles [3,619.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Happy Valley.
      • Caldwell County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Caldwell County and lies 2,277 miles [3,664.5 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Happy Valley.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Happy Valley.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Clackamas County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Happy Valley.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Happy Valley.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Blount County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Happy Valley.
      • Carter 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 Tennessee community of Happy Valley [Carter County].
    • Texas
      • Nacogdoches County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 1,882 miles [3,028.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Happy Valley.
      • Taylor County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Taylor County and lies 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Happy Valley.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Happy Valley.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Campbell County and lies 2,338 miles [3,762.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Happy Valley.
    • Washington
      • Clallam County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Clallam County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Happy Valley.
      • Whatcom County
      • This Happy Valley is located in Whatcom County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Happy Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Valley ...

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.

  • Glen Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lake
  • Goldstream
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldstream came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldstream
  • James Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Bay
  • Marigold
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marigold came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
  • Millstream
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millstream came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstream
  • Rocky Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Royal Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oak came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
  • Strawberry Vale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Vale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Vale
  • View Royal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <5>

How Far From Happy Valley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Happy Valley to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies just to the east (E).
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,228 miles [3,585.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Happy Valley to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 127 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 87 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 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 7,498 miles [12,066.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Happy Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4167, Longitude: -123.5333    
<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 Happy Valley, 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 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 Happy Valley 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 Happy Valley 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 341.907 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.665 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.492 degrees.




 

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