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Communities Also Named Balmoral ...

We found ten communities that share the name Balmoral.

Within Manitoba, the name Balmoral is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, four are located in Canada and six are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Balmoral lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the west.
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • This Balmoral is located in Tensas Parish and lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Balmoral.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Balmoral is located in Frederick County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Balmoral.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail 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 Minnesota community of Balmoral [Otter Tail County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Balmoral lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Balmoral lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ontario
      • This Balmoral lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
    • South Dakota
      • Balmoral #
      • This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Balmoral.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Balmoral is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Balmoral.
    • Wisconsin
      • Richland County
      • This Balmoral is located in Richland County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Balmoral.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Balmoral ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argyle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Cloverdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dennis Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennis Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Lake
  • Erinview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinview
  • Gordon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Harperville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harperville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
  • Pleasant Home
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Home came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
  • Rockwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Stonewall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stony Mountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Balmoral to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,832 miles [10,995 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.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 from Point A (ie- Balmoral) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Balmoral. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2563, Longitude: -97.3213    
<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 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 Balmoral 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 Balmoral 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 321.198 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.139 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.544 degrees.









 

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