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Communities Also Named Surprise ...

We found ten communities that share the name Surprise.

Within British Columbia, the name Surprise is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Surprise is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,032 miles [3,270.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Surprise.
    • California
      • Modoc 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 Surprise [Modoc County].
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Surprise is located in Jackson County and lies 2,486 miles [4,000.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Surprise.
    • Kansas
      • Grant 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 Kansas community of Surprise [Grant County].
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Surprise [Hamilton County].
    • Nebraska
      • Butler County
      • This Surprise is located in Butler County and lies 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Surprise.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Surprise is located in Greene County and lies 2,728 miles [4,390.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Surprise.
    • Ohio
      • Morrow 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 Ohio community of Surprise [Morrow County].
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs County
      • This Surprise is located in Meigs County and lies 2,715 miles [4,369.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Surprise.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This Surprise is located in Culpeper County and lies 2,791 miles [4,491.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Surprise.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Surprise ...

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.

  • Discovery ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Discovery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
  • Engineer
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engineer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engineer
  • Pike
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike

How Far From Surprise to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Surprise to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Surprise to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,518 miles [4,052.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 99 days and walking would take 143 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the north (N).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Surprise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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- Surprise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Surprise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.6167, Longitude: -133.4167    
<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 Surprise 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 Surprise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Surprise 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 350.366 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 353.637 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 334.341 degrees.




 

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