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Communities Also Named Seaford ...

We found five communities that share the name Seaford.

Within British Columbia, the name Seaford is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Seaford is located in Sussex County and lies 2,506 miles [4,033 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Seaford.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Seaford [Lowndes County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Seaford is located in Nassau County and lies 2,523 miles [4,060.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Seaford.
      • Queens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Seaford [Queens County].
    • Virginia
      • York County
      • This Seaford is located in York County and lies 2,528 miles [4,068.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Seaford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seaford ...

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.

  • Bliss Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Landing
  • Bold Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bold Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Point
  • Oyster River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Read Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Read Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read Island
  • Refuge Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Refuge Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge Cove
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Refuge Cove <5>
  • Shelter Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelter Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Point
  • Squirrel Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Cove
  • Stories Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stories Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stories Beach
  • Surge Narrows
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surge Narrows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surge Narrows
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surge Narrows <5>
  • Whaletown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whaletown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaletown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whaletown <5>

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Seaford to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,264 miles [3,643.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 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 7,403 miles [11,914 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,574 miles [8,970.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 '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- Seaford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seaford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.0833, Longitude: -124.9000    
<2>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 Seaford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Seaford 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.
<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 Seaford 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 343.106 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 345.123 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.277 degrees.




 

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