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Communities Also Named Mission ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Mission.

Within British Columbia, the name Mission is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Mission [Pima County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Mission is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Mission.
      • San Francisco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mission [San Francisco County].
      • San Luis Obispo 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 California community of Mission [San Luis Obispo County].
      • Santa Barbara County
      • This Mission is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Mission.
      • Santa Clara 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 California community of Mission [Santa Clara County].
      • Yuba County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Yuba County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Mission.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Mission is located in Sussex County and lies 2,407 miles [3,873.7 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Mission.
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Mission [Kootenai County].
    • Kansas
      • Harvey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mission [Harvey County].
      • Johnson County
      • This Mission is located in Johnson County and lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Mission.
      • Neosho 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 Kansas community of Mission [Neosho County].
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Mission [Shawnee County].
    • Michigan
      • Baraga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mission [Baraga County].
      • Chippewa County
      • This Mission is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,741 miles [2,801.9 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Mission.
    • Minnesota
      • Crow Wing County
      • This Mission is located in Crow Wing County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Mission.
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Mission [Park County].
    • Nebraska
      • Pawnee 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 Nebraska community of Mission [Pawnee County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Mission is located in Cherokee County and lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Mission.
      • Stanly County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mission [Stanly County].
    • Oregon
      • Umatilla County
      • This Mission is located in Umatilla County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Mission.
    • South Dakota
      • Todd County
      • This Mission is located in Todd County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Mission.
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Mission is located in Hidalgo County and lies 2,037 miles [3,278.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Mission.
    • Washington
      • Kittitas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Mission [Kittitas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mission ...

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.

  • Clearbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearbrook <5>
  • Glen Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley
  • Hydro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hydro came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Maple Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Ridge <5>
  • Miracle Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miracle Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Valley
  • Ridgedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgedale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
  • Silverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
  • Silverhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
  • Steelhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Mission to Victoria, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,163 miles [3,481 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 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 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Mission: www.city.mission.bc.ca/

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mission 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mission) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mission. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1402, Longitude: -122.3166    
<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 Mission, 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 Mission 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 340.925 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.567 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.623 degrees.




 

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