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Communities Also Named Mountain City ...

We found five communities that are also named Mountain City.

Within Manitoba, the name Mountain City is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Mountain City [Arapahoe County].
    • Georgia
      • Rabun County
      • This Mountain City is located in Rabun County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rabun County community of Mountain City.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This Mountain City is located in Elko County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Mountain City.
    • Tennessee
      • Johnson County
      • This Mountain City is located in Johnson County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Mountain City.
    • Texas
      • Hays County
      • This Mountain City is located in Hays County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hays County community of Mountain City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain City ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Mountain City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain City and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Mountain City to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,077 miles [1,733.3 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 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Mountain City 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Mountain City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mountain City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1482, Longitude: -98.1443    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.834 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.718 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.343 degrees.