We found four communities that are also named Lundy.
Within Nova Scotia, the name Lundy is unique.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Mono County
This Lundy is located in Mono County and lies 2,956 miles [4,757.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mono County community of Lundy.
Florida
Putnam County
This Lundy is located in Putnam County and lies 1,537 miles [2,473.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Lundy.
Missouri
Texas County
This Lundy is located in Texas County and lies 1,667 miles [2,682.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Lundy.
Virginia
Grayson 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 Virginia community of Lundy [Grayson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lundy ...
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.
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 Lundy to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lundy and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lundy to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,992 miles [8,033.8 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 5,695 miles [9,165.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,572 miles [5,748.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lundy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Lundy 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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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.
<4>
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 Lundy 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 Lundy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2832, Longitude: -61.5030
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.604 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.973 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.351 degrees.