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Communities Also Named Lucerne ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Lucerne.

Within British Columbia, the name Lucerne is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 21 communities, one is located in Canada and the other twenty communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Lucerne is located in Saint Francis County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Lucerne.
    • California
      • Kings County
      • This Lucerne is located in Kings County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Lucerne.
      • Lake County
      • This Lucerne is located in Lake County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lucerne.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Lucerne is located in Weld County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Lucerne.
    • Indiana
      • Cass County
      • This Lucerne is located in Cass County and lies 1,708 miles [2,748.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Lucerne.
    • Kansas
      • Rooks 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 Kansas community of Lucerne [Rooks County].
      • Sheridan County
      • This Lucerne is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Lucerne.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Lucerne [Concordia Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Putnam County
      • This Lucerne is located in Putnam County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Lucerne.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Lucerne.
      • Knox County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lucerne [Knox County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana 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 Lucerne [Indiana County].
    • Quebec
      • This Lucerne lies 1,966 miles [3,164 km]<1> to the east.
    • South Dakota
      • Haakon County
      • This Lucerne is located in Haakon County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haakon County community of Lucerne.
    • Tennessee
      • Lewis 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 Tennessee community of Lucerne [Lewis County].
    • Texas
      • Reeves 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 Texas community of Lucerne [Reeves County].
    • Utah
      • Lucerne #
      • 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 Utah community of Lucerne.
    • Washington
      • Chelan County
      • This Lucerne is located in Chelan County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Lucerne.
      • King County
      • This Lucerne is located in King County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lucerne.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Lucerne is located in Gilmer County and lies 2,015 miles [3,242.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Lucerne.
    • Wyoming
      • Hot Springs County
      • This Lucerne is located in Hot Springs County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Springs County community of Lucerne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucerne ...

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.

  • Charles
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
  • Jasper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Yellowhead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowhead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowhead

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lucerne to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,970 miles [3,170.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 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 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,265 miles [8,473.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lucerne. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lucerne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lucerne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.8667, Longitude: -118.5500    
<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 Lucerne 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 Lucerne, 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 Lucerne 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 337.925 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.353 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.672 degrees.




 

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