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Communities Also Named Marblehead ...
We found five communities that are also named Marblehead.
Within British Columbia, the name Marblehead is unique.
Beyond British Columbia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Adams County
- This Marblehead is located in Adams County and lies 1,430 miles [2,301.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Marblehead.
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- This Marblehead is located in Essex County and lies 2,222 miles [3,576 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Marblehead.
- Ohio
- Ottawa County
- This Marblehead is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Marblehead.
- Utah
- Tooele 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 Utah community of Marblehead [Tooele County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- This Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Marblehead.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marblehead ...
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.
- Cody ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Fry Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Meadow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mirror Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Three Forks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Marblehead 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 Marblehead to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marblehead and extending to:
- Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Marblehead to Victoria, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,916 miles [3,083.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,372 miles [8,645.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Marblehead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Marblehead 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Marblehead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marblehead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2500, Longitude: -116.9667 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.631 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.967 degrees. |
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