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Communities Also Named Inverness ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Inverness.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Inverness is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bullock County
      • This Inverness is located in Bullock County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Inverness.
      • Shelby County
      • This Inverness is located in Shelby County and lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Inverness.
    • California
      • Marin County
      • This Inverness is located in Marin County and lies 3,120 miles [5,021.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Inverness.
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Inverness is located in Douglas County and lies 2,222 miles [3,576 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Inverness.
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Inverness is located in Citrus County and lies 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Inverness.
    • Georgia
      • McIntosh 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 Georgia community of Inverness [McIntosh County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Inverness is located in Cook County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Inverness.
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • This Inverness is located in Steuben County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Inverness.
    • Kentucky
      • Breathitt 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 Kentucky community of Inverness [Breathitt County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Inverness is located in Baltimore County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Inverness.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan 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 Michigan community of Inverness [Cheboygan County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This Inverness is located in Sunflower County and lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Inverness.
    • Montana
      • Hill County
      • This Inverness is located in Hill County and lies 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Inverness.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Inverness is located in Livingston County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Inverness.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland 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 Inverness [Cumberland County].
      • Hoke County
      • This Inverness is located in Hoke County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hoke County community of Inverness.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Ohio community of Inverness [Columbiana County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Inverness lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Quebec
      • This Inverness lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Inverness ...

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.

  • Deepdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deepdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepdale
  • Glenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hays River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays River
  • Mason Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Point
  • Mount Young
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Young came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Young
  • Pipers Glen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipers Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Glen
  • Rear Dunvegan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Dunvegan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Dunvegan
  • Sight Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sight Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sight Point
  • Twin Rock Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Rock Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rock Valley

How Far From Inverness to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Inverness to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Inverness to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 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 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,535 miles [5,689 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Inverness) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Inverness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2333, Longitude: -61.2833    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Inverness 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>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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Inverness 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 297.195 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.704 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.552 degrees.




 

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