This Bertrand lies less than 2 miles<1> to the south southwest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Winn Parish
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 Louisiana community of Bertrand [Winn Parish].
Michigan
Berrien County
This Bertrand is located in Berrien County and lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Bertrand.
Missouri
Mississippi County
This Bertrand is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Bertrand.
Nebraska
Phelps County
This Bertrand is located in Phelps County and lies 1,767 miles [2,843.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Bertrand.
Ontario
This Bertrand lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the west northwest.
Virginia
Lancaster County
This Bertrand is located in Lancaster County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Bertrand.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bertrand ...
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.
Alderwood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 village such as Bertrand to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bertrand and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bertrand to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,655 miles [5,882.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bertrand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bertrand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7574, Longitude: -65.0659
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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 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 Bertrand 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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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.
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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 Bertrand 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 299.155 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.164 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.417 degrees.