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Communities Also Named Big Island ...
We found seven communities that are also named Big Island.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia that is also named Big Island.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of six communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these six communities, .
- Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Big Island is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Big Island.
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Big Island [Hennepin County].
- New York
- Orange County
- This Big Island is located in Orange County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Big Island.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Big Island lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
- Ohio
- Marion County
- This Big Island is located in Marion County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Big Island.
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- This Big Island is located in Bedford County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Big Island.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Island ...
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.
- Chance Harbour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coalburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburn
- Greens Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kings Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Egypt Road
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little Harbour
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Harbour Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pine Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ponds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds
How Far From Big Island 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 Big Island to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Island and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Big Island to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 37 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,602 miles [5,796.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Big Island 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 Big Island 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 Big Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6592, Longitude: -62.4356 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.56 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.537 degrees. |
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