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Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Keefe ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coldstream
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Deep Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Falkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hullcar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullcar
- Salmon Arm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trinity Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yankee Flats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From O'Keefe to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as O'Keefe to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in O'Keefe and extending to:
- Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from O'Keefe to Victoria, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,017 miles [3,246 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 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 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,423 miles [8,727.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- O'Keefe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 O'Keefe 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 O'Keefe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.4000, Longitude: -119.3167 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.847 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.502 degrees. |
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