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Communities Also Named Riley ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Riley.

Within British Columbia, the name Riley is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Riley is located in Monroe County and lies 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Riley.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Riley is located in Ashley County and lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Riley.
      • Yell 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 Arkansas community of Riley [Yell County].
    • California
      • Tehama 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 California community of Riley [Tehama County].
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This Riley is located in McHenry County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Riley.
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • This Riley is located in Hancock County and lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Riley.
      • Vigo County
      • This Riley is located in Vigo County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Riley.
    • Kansas
      • Riley County
      • This Riley is located in Riley County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riley County community of Riley.
    • Kentucky
      • Marion County
      • This Riley is located in Marion County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Riley.
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Riley is located in Franklin County and lies 2,134 miles [3,434.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Riley.
    • Michigan
      • Clinton County
      • This Riley is located in Clinton County and lies 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Riley.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Riley is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Riley.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala 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 Mississippi community of Riley [Attala County].
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Riley [Socorro County].
    • North Carolina
      • Franklin County
      • This Riley is located in Franklin County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Riley.
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Vinton County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Riley.
    • Oklahoma
      • Riley #
      • 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 Oklahoma community of Riley.
    • Oregon
      • Harney County
      • This Riley is located in Harney County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harney County community of Riley.
    • South Carolina
      • Calhoun County
      • This Riley is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,085 miles [3,355.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Riley.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Riley is located in Claiborne County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Riley.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Riley is located in Davis County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Riley.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Riley is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,885 miles [3,033.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Riley.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • This Riley is located in Dane County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Riley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riley ...

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.

  • Bull River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull River
  • Fisherville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fisherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
  • Marysville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Premier Lake
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Premier Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier Lake
  • Rockyview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockyview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyview
  • Ta Ta Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ta Ta Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ta Ta Creek
  • Torrent
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torrent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrent

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Riley to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,865 miles [3,001.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 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 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.5833, Longitude: -115.7167    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Riley 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>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 Riley, 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>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.
<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 Riley 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 335.537 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.395 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.236 degrees.




 

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