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Communities Also Named Riverhead ...
We found four communities that are also named Riverhead.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia that is also named Riverhead.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of three communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, ten are located in Canada and two are in the United States.
- Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Riverhead [Hillsborough County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Riverhead is located in Suffolk County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Riverhead.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Riverhead lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the east northeast.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverhead ...
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.
- Bear Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charlesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clam Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clyde River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doctor's Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goose Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lower Shag Harbour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woods Harbour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Riverhead to ...
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 Riverhead to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverhead and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Riverhead to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 29 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 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 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,805 miles [6,123.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Riverhead 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> | 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- Riverhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Riverhead 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 Riverhead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5753, Longitude: -65.6039 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.879 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.414 degrees. |
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