We found six communities that share the name Saint Marks.
Within Manitoba, the name Saint Marks is unique.
Beyond Manitoba, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Wakulla County
This Saint Marks is located in Wakulla County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wakulla County community of Saint Marks.
Georgia
Meriwether County
This Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County and lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Saint Marks.
Indiana
Dubois County
This Saint Marks is located in Dubois County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Saint Marks.
Perry 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 Indiana community of Saint Marks [Perry County].
Kansas
Sedgwick County
This Saint Marks is located in Sedgwick County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Saint Marks.
Maryland
Frederick 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 Maryland community of Saint Marks [Frederick County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Marks ...
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.
Delta (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Saint Marks to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Marks and extending to:
Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Marks to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,083 miles [1,742.9 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 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Saint Marks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Marks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.1969, Longitude: -98.0572
<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 Saint Marks 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.
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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 Saint Marks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.753 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.757 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.009 degrees.