This Little Bay lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north northwest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Calhoun County
This Little Bay is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Little Bay.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Bay ...
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.
Black Duck Cove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Little Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Bay and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Little Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,660 miles [7,499.5 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 5,363 miles [8,630.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,240 miles [5,214.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Bay) 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 Little Bay 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 Little Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1635, Longitude: -55.1097
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 293.056 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.319 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.66 degrees.