This Oxbow lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Red River Parish
This Oxbow is located in Red River Parish and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Oxbow.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Oxbow is located in Aroostook County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Oxbow.
Michigan
Allegan County
This Oxbow is located in Allegan County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Oxbow.
Berrien County
This Oxbow is located in Berrien County and lies 997 miles [1,604.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Oxbow.
Newaygo County
This Oxbow is located in Newaygo County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newaygo County community of Oxbow.
Oakland County
This Oxbow is located in Oakland County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Oxbow.
New York
Jefferson County
This Oxbow is located in Jefferson County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oxbow.
North Dakota
Cass County
This Oxbow is located in Cass County and lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Oxbow.
Oregon
Baker County
This Oxbow is located in Baker County and lies 2,341 miles [3,767.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Oxbow.
Saskatchewan
This Oxbow lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the west northwest.
West Virginia
Ritchie County
This Oxbow is located in Ritchie County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Oxbow.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxbow ...
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, 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 Oxbow to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oxbow and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oxbow to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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 17 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,176 miles [8,330 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,772 miles [6,070.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oxbow) 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 Oxbow 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 Oxbow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0098, Longitude: -67.2992
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.768 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.809 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.084 degrees.