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Communities Also Named Plum Point ...
We found five communities that share the name Plum Point.
Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Plum Point 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 ...
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Plum Point is located in Calvert County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Plum Point.
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Plum Point is located in DeSoto County and lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Plum Point.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- This Plum Point is located in Washington County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Plum Point.
- Tennessee
- Lauderdale 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 Tennessee community of Plum Point [Lauderdale County].
- Virginia
- New Kent County
- This Plum Point is located in New Kent County and lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Kent County community of Plum Point.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Point ...
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.
- Bird Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Duck Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Current Island ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pound Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reefs Harbour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Plum Point 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 Plum Point to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plum Point and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Plum Point to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 54 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 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 5,353 miles [8,614.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,231 miles [5,199.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plum Point. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plum Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plum Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.0792, Longitude: -56.8830 |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Plum Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Plum Point 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 292.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.763 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 287.175 degrees. |
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