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Communities Also Named Foreston ...
We found five communities that are also named Foreston.
There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Foreston.
Beyond New Brunswick, we know of four communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, one is located in Canada and the other four communities are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Foreston is located in Baltimore County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Foreston.
- Minnesota
- Mille Lacs County
- This Foreston is located in Mille Lacs County and lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mille Lacs County community of Foreston.
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- This Foreston is located in Clarendon County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Foreston.
- Texas
- Ellis 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 Texas community of Foreston [Ellis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foreston ...
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.
- Argyle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Centre Glassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chapmanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Divide
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Glassville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hemphill Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Juniper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Juniper Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Murphy Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Foreston to ...
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 Foreston to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foreston and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Foreston 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 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,193 miles [8,357.3 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 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,787 miles [6,094.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Foreston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Foreston 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Foreston 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 Foreston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5333, Longitude: -67.3000 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.843 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.386 degrees. |
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