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Communities Also Named Royal Oak ...

We found seven communities that share the name Royal Oak.

Within British Columbia, the name Royal Oak is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saline 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 Arkansas community of Royal Oak [Saline County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Royal Oak is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Royal Oak.
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Royal Oak is located in Talbot County and lies 2,412 miles [3,881.7 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Royal Oak.
      • Wicomico County
      • This Royal Oak is located in Wicomico County and lies 2,444 miles [3,933.2 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Royal Oak.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Royal Oak is located in Oakland County and lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Royal Oak.
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • This Royal Oak is located in Oregon County and lies 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Royal Oak.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Royal Oak is located in Bradley County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Royal Oak.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Oak ...

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.

  • Beaver Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
  • Gordon Head
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Head
  • James Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Bay
  • Keating
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Marigold
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marigold came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
  • Millstream
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millstream came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstream
  • Oak Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <4>
  • Strawberry Vale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Vale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Vale
  • View Royal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Royal
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for View Royal <4>

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,220 miles [3,572.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Royal Oak to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 127 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 87 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 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 7,491 miles [12,055.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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 Royal Oak 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royal Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royal Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4833, Longitude: -123.3833    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Royal Oak 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 341.785 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.527 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.387 degrees.




 

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