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Communities Also Named Foreston ...

We found five communities that share the name Foreston.

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

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another four communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Argyle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Centre Glassville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centre Glassville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Glassville
  • Chapmanville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapmanville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmanville
  • Divide
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Glassville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glassville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassville
  • Gordonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
  • Hemphill Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill Corner
  • Howard Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Juniper
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
  • Juniper Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Station
  • Murphy Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Murphy Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Corner
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy Corner <5>

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<6>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<7> 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • 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).<10>

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/

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.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    
<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 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 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.877 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.843 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.386 degrees.




 

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