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Communities Also Named Pacific Junction ...

We found six communities that are also named Pacific Junction.

There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Pacific Junction.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of five communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other five communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Pacific Junction is located in Cook County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Pacific Junction.
    • Iowa
      • Mills County
      • This Pacific Junction is located in Mills County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mills County community of Pacific Junction.
    • Montana
      • Chouteau 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 Montana community of Pacific Junction [Chouteau County].
      • Hill County
      • This Pacific Junction is located in Hill County and lies 2,071 miles [3,333 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Pacific Junction.
    • Oklahoma
      • Canadian 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 Oklahoma community of Pacific Junction [Canadian County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pacific Junction ...

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.

  • Boundary Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Catamount
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cherryfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gallagher Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Indian Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutes Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lutesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnetic Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marsh Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Scotland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Price
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Salisbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

How Far From Pacific Junction 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 Pacific Junction to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Pacific Junction to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,111 miles [8,225.4 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 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,699 miles [5,953 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 from Point A (ie- Pacific Junction) 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 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 Pacific Junction 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 Pacific Junction 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 Pacific Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1333, Longitude: -64.9833    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.518 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.26 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.474 degrees.