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Communities Also Named Lake Pleasant ...

We found five communities that share the name Lake Pleasant.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Lake Pleasant is located in Franklin County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Lake Pleasant.
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer 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 Lake Pleasant [Lapeer County].
    • New York
      • Hamilton County
      • This Lake Pleasant is located in Hamilton County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Lake Pleasant.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Erie 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 Pennsylvania community of Lake Pleasant [Erie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Pleasant ...

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.

  • Blanket Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanket Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
  • Cherryfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherryfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryfield
  • Crossburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossburn
  • Joe Simon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joe Simon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Simon
  • Lake William
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake William came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake William
  • New Germany
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Germany came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Germany <4>
  • Peters Stillwater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Stillwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Stillwater
  • Pleasant River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant River
  • Round Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
  • Wildcat Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildcat Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Pleasant to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,741 miles [6,020.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6067, Longitude: -64.8767    
<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 Lake Pleasant 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Lake Pleasant to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.823 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.317 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.424 degrees.




 

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