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Communities Also Named Birch Ridge ...

We found one communities that share the name Birch Ridge.

There is one other community in New Brunswick which is also named Birch Ridge.

Beyond New Brunswick.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Birch Ridge #1
      • 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 New Brunswick community of Birch Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birch Ridge ...

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.

  • Beersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersville
  • Catamount
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catamount came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catamount
  • Coates Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coates Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates Mills
  • Ford Bank
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Bank
  • Fords Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fords Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mills
  • Gallagher Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagher Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ridge
  • Hebert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebert came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert
  • New Scotland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Scotland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
  • Pine Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge

How Far From Birch Ridge to ...

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 Birch Ridge to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Birch Ridge and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 512 miles [824 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Birch Ridge to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 29 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,700 miles [5,954.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.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 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 Birch Ridge 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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birch Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birch Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3162, Longitude: -65.1165    
<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.
<5>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 Birch Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.555 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.336 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.419 degrees.




 

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