We found seven communities that share the name Ashmore.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Ashmore.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these six communities, one is located in Canada and the other six communities are located in the United States.
This Ashmore is located in Wakulla County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wakulla County community of Ashmore.
Georgia
Liberty County
This Ashmore is located in Liberty County and lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Ashmore.
Illinois
Coles County
This Ashmore is located in Coles County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Ashmore.
Michigan
Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Ashmore [Tuscola County].
Pennsylvania
Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Ashmore [Luzerne County].
Texas
Gaines County
This Ashmore is located in Gaines County and lies 2,092 miles [3,366.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gaines County community of Ashmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashmore ...
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.
Gilberts Cove (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Ashmore to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashmore and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ashmore to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,210 miles [8,384.7 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 5,917 miles [9,522.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,793 miles [6,104.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
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- Ashmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4681, Longitude: -65.9651
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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 Ashmore 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.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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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 Ashmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.515 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.063 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.027 degrees.