This Camperdown is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Camperdown.
Ontario
This Camperdown lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the west.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camperdown ...
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.
Baker Settlement (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Camperdown to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camperdown and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Camperdown to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 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 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,739 miles [6,017.3 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 from Point A (ie- Camperdown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Camperdown 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 Camperdown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2667, Longitude: -64.6000
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.737 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.158 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.513 degrees.