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Communities Also Named Needles ...

We found four communities that share the name Needles.

Within British Columbia, the name Needles is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Mohave 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 Needles [Mohave County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Needles is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Needles.
    • Missouri
      • Linn 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 Missouri community of Needles [Linn County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Needles.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Needles ...

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.

  • Applegrove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Applegrove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Applegrove
  • Box Lake
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Lake
  • Passmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Passmore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passmore
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Passmore <5>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Needles once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Needles and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Needles to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,969 miles [3,168.8 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 6,558 miles [10,554.1 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 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 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 Needles 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 '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- Needles) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Needles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8833, Longitude: -118.1167    
<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 Needles, 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 Needles 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 337.498 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.667 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.768 degrees.




 

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