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Communities Also Named Marblehead ...
We found five communities that share the name Marblehead.
Within British Columbia, the name Marblehead is unique.
Beyond British Columbia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Creek
- Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Meadow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
- Mirror Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mirror Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Poplar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Three Forks ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Three Forks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,372 miles [8,645.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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- Marblehead) to Point B.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 |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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> | 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Marblehead 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 336.572 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.631 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.967 degrees. |
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