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Communities Also Named Riverhead ...

We found nine communities that share the name Riverhead.

There are six communities within Newfoundland and Labrador that are also named Riverhead.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, nine are located in Canada and two are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Newfoundland and Labrador ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Riverhead #1
      • This Riverhead lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • The profile page for Riverhead #2
      • This Riverhead lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • The profile page for Riverhead #3
      • This Riverhead lies 238 miles [383 km] to the east southeast.
      • The profile page for Riverhead #4
      • This Riverhead lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east southeast.
      • The profile page for Riverhead #5
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Riverhead.
      • The profile page for Riverhead #6
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Riverhead.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Riverhead [Hillsborough County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Riverhead is located in Suffolk County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Riverhead.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Riverhead lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the southwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverhead ...

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.

  • Birchy Cove ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchy Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchy Cove
  • Corner Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Curling
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curling came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curling
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Hughes Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Brook
  • Irishtown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irishtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
  • Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Steady Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steady Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steady Brook
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steady Brook <5>
  • Summerside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Riverhead once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverhead and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Riverhead to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,729 miles [7,610.6 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 5,445 miles [8,762.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,320 miles [5,343 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Riverhead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9667, Longitude: -57.9167    
<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 Riverhead, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Riverhead 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 Riverhead 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 294.173 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 289.926 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.616 degrees.




 

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