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Communities Also Named Woodmere ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Woodmere.

Within British Columbia, the name Woodmere is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Sarasota County
      • This Woodmere is located in Sarasota County and lies 2,932 miles [4,718.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Woodmere.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cobb 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 Cobb County community of Woodmere.
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Woodmere [Lake County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Woodmere is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 2,497 miles [4,018.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Woodmere.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Woodmere [Wayne County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cheshire County and lies 2,559 miles [4,118.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Woodmere.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Woodmere is located in Ocean County and lies 2,585 miles [4,160.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Woodmere.
      • Salem County
      • This Woodmere is located in Salem County and lies 2,569 miles [4,134.4 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Woodmere.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Woodmere is located in Nassau County and lies 2,585 miles [4,160.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Woodmere.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Woodmere is located in Ashtabula County and lies 2,242 miles [3,608.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Woodmere.
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 2,239 miles [3,603.3 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Woodmere.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Woodmere is located in Davis County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Woodmere.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Woodmere is located in Petersburg City and lies 2,598 miles [4,181.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Woodmere.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodmere ...

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.

  • Driftwood Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driftwood Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Creek
  • Evelyn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Knockholt
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucas
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
  • Robin Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robin Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Creek
  • Round Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodmere to Victoria, with an average speed<4>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 26 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 18 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,115 miles [11,450.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

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- Woodmere) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodmere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.6833, Longitude: -126.9500    
<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 Woodmere 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 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.
<5>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 Woodmere to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 344.914 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 347.373 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 330.245 degrees.




 

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