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Communities Also Named Thornhill ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Thornhill.

Within British Columbia, the name Thornhill is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these twelve communities, three are located in Canada and nine are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Greene County
      • This Thornhill is located in Greene County and lies 2,474 miles [3,981.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Thornhill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Thornhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,480 miles [3,991.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Thornhill.
      • Marion County
      • This Thornhill is located in Marion County and lies 2,407 miles [3,873.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Thornhill.
      • Talladega County
      • This Thornhill is located in Talladega County and lies 2,505 miles [4,031.4 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Thornhill.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Thornhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,281 miles [3,670.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Thornhill.
    • Manitoba
      • This Thornhill lies 1,331 miles [2,142 km]<1> to the east.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Thornhill.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Thornhill is located in Carroll County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Thornhill.
    • Ontario
      • This Thornhill lies 2,285 miles [3,677.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Thornhill [Allegheny County].
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Thornhill is located in Orange County and lies 2,592 miles [4,171.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Thornhill.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Thornhill [Mercer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thornhill ...

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.

  • Copper City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
  • Copper River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper River
  • Grand Trunk
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Trunk came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Trunk
  • Shames
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shames came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shames
  • Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Thunderbird
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thunderbird came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Thornhill to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 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 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,385 miles [8,666.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thornhill. 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Thornhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thornhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.5107, Longitude: -128.5408    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Thornhill 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>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 Thornhill 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 346.246 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 348.874 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 331.385 degrees.




 

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