We found eight communities that are also named Pleasant Lake.
Within Nova Scotia, the name Pleasant Lake is unique.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Steuben County
This Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Pleasant Lake.
Maine
Washington 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 Maine community of Pleasant Lake [Washington County].
Massachusetts
Barnstable County
This Pleasant Lake is located in Barnstable County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Pleasant Lake.
Michigan
Hillsdale 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 Pleasant Lake [Hillsdale County].
Jackson County
This Pleasant Lake is located in Jackson County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pleasant Lake.
Washtenaw County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pleasant Lake [Washtenaw County].
Minnesota
Stearns County
This Pleasant Lake is located in Stearns County and lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Pleasant Lake.
North Dakota
Benson County
This Pleasant Lake is located in Benson County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Pleasant Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Lake ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pleasant Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Lake and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,233 miles [8,421.7 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 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,814 miles [6,138 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Lake) 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 Pleasant Lake 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Pleasant Lake 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 Pleasant Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8533, Longitude: -66.0078
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.676 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.132 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.428 degrees.