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Communities Also Named Rio Grande ...

We found four communities that share the name Rio Grande.

Within New Brunswick, the name Rio Grande is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Rio Grande is located in Cape May County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Rio Grande.
    • New Mexico
      • Dona Ana County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Dona Ana County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Rio Grande.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Rio Grande is located in Gallia County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Rio Grande.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rio Grande [El Paso County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rio Grande ...

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.

  • Big River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bruce
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
  • Chamberlain Settlement
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlain Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain Settlement
  • Middle Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Landing
  • Peters River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters River
  • Robertville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robertville <5>
  • Rosehill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
  • Rough Waters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Roy Settlement
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roy Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Settlement
  • Sand Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill

How Far From Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rio Grande 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 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,095 miles [8,199.6 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 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,691 miles [5,940.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rio Grande) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rio Grande. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5667, Longitude: -65.7833    
<2>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 Rio Grande, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rio Grande 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.
<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 Rio Grande 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 299.664 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.691 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.926 degrees.




 

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