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Communities Also Named Barrington ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Barrington.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Barrington.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eleven communities, .

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Barrington [Los Angeles County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Barrington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Barrington.
    • Georgia
      • Houston County
      • This Barrington is located in Houston County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Barrington.
      • Newton County
      • This Barrington is located in Newton County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Barrington.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Barrington is located in Cook County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Barrington.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Barrington is located in Baltimore County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Barrington.
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford County
      • This Barrington is located in Strafford County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Barrington.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Barrington [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Barrington is located in Yates County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Barrington.
    • Quebec
      • This Barrington lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Rhode Island
      • Bristol County
      • This Barrington is located in Bristol County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Barrington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrington ...

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.

  • Bear Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Point
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear Point <4>
  • Blanche
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanche came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
  • Clam Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clyde River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde River
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde River <4>
  • Doctor's Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctor's Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor's Cove
  • Goose Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
  • Lower Shag Harbour
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Shag Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shag Harbour
  • Riverhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverhead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverhead
  • Stoney Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Island

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Barrington to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 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 5,926 miles [9,537 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,804 miles [6,121.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Barrington 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Barrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5643, Longitude: -65.5647    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Barrington 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 300.475 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.854 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.403 degrees.




 

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