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Communities Also Named Hayfield ...

We found six communities that share the name Hayfield.

Within Manitoba, the name Hayfield is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Hayfield is located in Riverside County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Hayfield.
    • Iowa
      • Hancock County
      • This Hayfield is located in Hancock County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Hayfield.
    • Minnesota
      • Dodge County
      • This Hayfield is located in Dodge County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Hayfield.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford 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 Hayfield [Crawford County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Hayfield is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Hayfield.
      • Frederick County
      • This Hayfield is located in Frederick County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Hayfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hayfield ...

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.

  • Argue
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argue came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argue
  • Cottonwoods
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwoods came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwoods
  • Grand Valley ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
  • Justice
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Justice came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
  • Margaret
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margaret came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
  • Roseland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Smart
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smart came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smart
  • Sprucewoods
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucewoods came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucewoods
  • Trinity Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Hayfield once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hayfield and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hayfield to Winnipeg, 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 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Hayfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.6767, Longitude: -100.0590    
<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 Hayfield 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>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>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 Hayfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Hayfield 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 323.27 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.409 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.367 degrees.









 

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