We found four communities that are also named Briggs Corner.
There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Briggs Corner.
Beyond New Brunswick, we know of three communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, one is located in Canada and the other three communities are located in the United States.
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 Briggs Corner.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maine
York County
This Briggs Corner is located in York County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Briggs Corner.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Briggs Corner.
New York
Lewis County
This Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Briggs Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briggs Corner ...
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.
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 Briggs Corner to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briggs Corner and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 474 miles [762.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Briggs Corner to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 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 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,736 miles [6,012.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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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 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 Briggs Corner 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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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briggs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Briggs Corner 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 Briggs Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2182, Longitude: -65.8991
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.069 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.888 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.878 degrees.