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Communities Also Named North Riverside ...

We found three communities that share the name North Riverside.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named North Riverside.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This North Riverside is located in Cook County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of North Riverside.
    • Tennessee
      • Lewis 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 Tennessee community of North Riverside [Lewis County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Riverside ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Cove
  • Havendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havendale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havendale
  • Lesterdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lesterdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterdale
  • Lincolnville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
  • Marshall Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Point
  • Moose Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Point
  • Roachvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roachvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachvale
  • Sunnyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyville

How Far From North Riverside 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 North Riverside to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from North Riverside 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 39 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 4,988 miles [8,027.4 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 5,692 miles [9,160.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,568 miles [5,742.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 from Point A (ie- North Riverside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Riverside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4575, Longitude: -61.5392    
<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 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 North Riverside 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 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.
<5>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 North Riverside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.576 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.976 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.244 degrees.




 

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