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Communities Also Named Landmark ...

We found eight communities that share the name Landmark.

Within Manitoba, the name Landmark is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Landmark [Shelby County].
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Landmark is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Landmark.
    • Idaho
      • Valley County
      • This Landmark is located in Valley County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Landmark.
    • Missouri
      • Howard 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 Missouri community of Landmark [Howard County].
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Landmark is located in Lexington County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Landmark.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Landmark is located in Knox County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Landmark.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Landmark is located in Campbell County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Landmark.
      • Fauquier County
      • This Landmark is located in Fauquier County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Landmark.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Landmark ...

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.

  • Bright Oaks
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Deacon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deacon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • Glass
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glass came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Greenland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Mitchell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Prairie Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
  • Queens Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Rosewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood

How Far From Landmark to ...

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Landmark to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 1,023 miles [1,646.4 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 40 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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 northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Landmark. 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>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 Landmark 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Landmark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Landmark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.6706, Longitude: -96.8214    
<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 Landmark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Landmark 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 320.838 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.657 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.406 degrees.




 

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