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Communities Also Named Otis ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Otis.

Within New Brunswick, the name Otis is unique.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This Otis is located in Washington County and lies 1,830 miles [2,945.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Otis.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Otis is located in Duval County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Otis.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Otis is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Otis.
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Otis is located in LaPorte County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Otis.
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • This Otis is located in Linn County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Otis.
    • Kansas
      • Graham 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 Kansas community of Otis [Graham County].
      • Rush County
      • This Otis is located in Rush County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Otis.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Otis is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,699 miles [2,734.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Otis.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Otis is located in Hancock County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Otis.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Otis is located in Berkshire County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Otis.
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • This Otis is located in New Madrid County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Otis.
    • New Mexico
      • Eddy County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Otis [Eddy County].
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Otis is located in Monroe County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Otis.
    • North Carolina
      • Yadkin 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 North Carolina community of Otis [Yadkin County].
    • Oregon
      • Lincoln County
      • This Otis is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,686 miles [4,322.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Otis.
    • South Dakota
      • Custer 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 South Dakota community of Otis [Custer County].
    • Washington
      • Spokane 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 Washington community of Otis [Spokane County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Lincoln County
      • This Otis is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Otis.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Otis ...

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.

  • Bear Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Island
  • Charlie Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dumfries
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dumfries came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <5>
  • Granite Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hill
  • Hartfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartfield
  • Lower Caverhill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Caverhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Caverhill
  • Maple Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
  • Staples Settlement
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Staples Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples Settlement
  • Temperance Vale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperance Vale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Vale
  • Temple
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple

How Far From Otis to ...

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 community such as Otis to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Otis and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Otis 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 5,210 miles [8,384.7 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 5,926 miles [9,537 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,801 miles [6,117.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Otis. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 '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- Otis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9667, Longitude: -67.2333    
<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 Otis 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Otis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Otis 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 300.963 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.834 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.708 degrees.




 

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