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Communities Also Named Pacific Junction ...

We found six communities that share the name Pacific Junction.

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

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another five communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boundary Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary Creek
  • Catamount
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catamount came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catamount
  • Cherryfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
  • Gallagher Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagher Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ridge
  • Indian Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mountain
  • Lutes Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutes Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes Mountain
  • Lutesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
  • Magnetic Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnetic Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Hill
  • Marsh Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Junction
  • New Scotland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Scotland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
  • Price
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • 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, 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,699 miles [5,953 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pacific Junction) to Point B.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    
<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 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.518 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.26 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.474 degrees.




 

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