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Communities Also Named New Bridge ...

We found six communities that share the name New Bridge.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name New Bridge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of New Bridge.
      • Lumpkin County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New Bridge [Lumpkin County].
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • This New Bridge is located in Bergen County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bergen County community of New Bridge.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of New Bridge [Buncombe County].
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This New Bridge is located in Baker County and lies 2,976 miles [4,789.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of New Bridge.
      • Union 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 Oregon community of New Bridge [Union County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Bridge ...

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.

  • Cape Dog
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cape Dog came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Dog
  • Forest Field
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Field came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Field
  • Gallows Cove ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallows Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Cove
  • Johns Pond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Pond
  • Mall Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mall Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mall Bay
  • Mitchells Brook ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Brook
  • Riverhead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverhead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverhead
  • Tickles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tickles came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickles

How Far From New Bridge 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 New Bridge to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from New Bridge to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 61 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 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 5,290 miles [8,513.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,168 miles [5,098.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Bridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 New Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- New Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1333, Longitude: -53.4667    
<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 New Bridge 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 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 New Bridge 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 292.045 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.199 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.833 degrees.









 

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