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Communities Also Named The Flats ...

We found five communities that share the name The Flats.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name The Flats is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • McPherson County
      • This The Flats is located in McPherson County and lies 2,352 miles [3,785.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of The Flats.
    • North Carolina
      • Macon 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 The Flats [Macon County].
    • Texas
      • Rains County
      • This The Flats is located in Rains County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of The Flats.
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy 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 West Virginia community of The Flats [Hardy County].
      • Raleigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of The Flats [Raleigh County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Flats ...

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.

  • Daniels Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point
  • Gulch ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulch
  • Mall Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mall Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mall Bay
  • Middle Gut
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Gut came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Gut
  • Mosquito
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosquito came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito
  • Path End
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Path End came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Path End
  • Peters River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters River
  • Riverhead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverhead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverhead
  • Scrape Shore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scrape Shore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrape Shore
  • Shoal Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoal Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Point
  • Stage Shore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stage Shore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Shore
  • Tartan Cove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tartan Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartan Cove

How Far From The Flats 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 The Flats to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Flats to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 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 5,305 miles [8,537.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,183 miles [5,122.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.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- The Flats) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7969, Longitude: -53.6436    
<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 The Flats 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 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 The Flats to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 292.289 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.395 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.232 degrees.




 

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