We found five communities that are also named Virden.
Within Manitoba, the name Virden is unique.
Beyond Manitoba, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Macoupin County
This Virden is located in Macoupin County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Virden.
Kentucky
Powell County
This Virden is located in Powell County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powell County community of Virden.
Montana
Toole County
This Virden is located in Toole County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Toole County community of Virden.
New Mexico
Hidalgo County
This Virden is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Virden.
Washington
Kittitas 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 Washington community of Virden [Kittitas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Virden ...
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.
Butler ‑ Historic (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 town such as Virden to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Virden and extending to:
Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Virden to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Virden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Virden 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.
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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 Virden 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 Virden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8500, Longitude: -100.9333
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.933 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.18 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.859 degrees.