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Communities Also Named Ramseys ...

We found two communities that share the name Ramseys.

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

Beyond Nova Scotia, there is another community also named Ramseys in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ramseys [Bergen County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramseys ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cloverdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Coldstream
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Elderbank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elderbank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderbank
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elderbank <4>
  • Forest Glen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Gays River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gays River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays River
  • Green Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
  • Halfway Brook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Brook
  • Hardwood Lands
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardwood Lands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood Lands
  • Lanesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
  • Lower Pleasant Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Pleasant Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Pleasant Valley
  • Otter Brook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Brook
  • Roseland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Ramseys and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 604 miles [972 km]<5> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ramseys 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 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 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 5,778 miles [9,298.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,655 miles [5,882.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ramseys 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.
<2>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ramseys) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ramseys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0894, Longitude: -63.2511    
<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 Ramseys 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 298.717 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.175 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.328 degrees.




 

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