We found six communities that are also named Aspen.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia that is also named Aspen.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of five communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other five communities are located in the United States.
This Aspen is located in Pitkin County and lies 2,299 miles [3,699.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitkin County community of Aspen.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Aspen is located in Frederick County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Aspen.
North Carolina
Warren 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 North Carolina community of Aspen [Warren County].
Virginia
Charlotte County
This Aspen is located in Charlotte County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Aspen.
Wyoming
Uinta County
This Aspen is located in Uinta County and lies 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uinta County community of Aspen.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aspen ...
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.
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 Aspen to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Aspen and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Aspen to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 38 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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 5,718 miles [9,202.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,595 miles [5,785.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Aspen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 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 Aspen 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 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 Aspen 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 Aspen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2704, Longitude: -62.0191
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.92 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.322 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.609 degrees.