We found seven communities that share the name Boylston.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Boylston.
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 Boylston is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,599 miles [2,573.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Boylston.
Massachusetts
Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Boylston [Suffolk County].
Worcester County
This Boylston is located in Worcester County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Boylston.
North Carolina
Henderson County
This Boylston is located in Henderson County and lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Boylston.
Washington
Kittitas County
This Boylston is located in Kittitas County and lies 2,745 miles [4,417.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Boylston.
Wisconsin
Douglas County
This Boylston is located in Douglas County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Boylston.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boylston ...
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.
Cooks Cove (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Boylston to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boylston and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Boylston to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,982 miles [8,017.8 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 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,563 miles [5,734.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boylston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boylston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4682, Longitude: -61.4191
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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 Boylston 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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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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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 Boylston 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 297.50 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.893 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.178 degrees.