We found nine communities that are also named South Branch.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia that is also named South Branch.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of eight communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, four are located in Canada and five are in the United States.
This South Branch is located in Ogemaw County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogemaw County community of South Branch.
Minnesota
Watonwan County
This South Branch is located in Watonwan County and lies 1,541 miles [2,480 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watonwan County community of South Branch.
New Brunswick
This South Branch lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the northwest.
New Jersey
Somerset County
This South Branch is located in Somerset County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of South Branch.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This South Branch lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ontario
This South Branch lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the west.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This South Branch is located in Bradford County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of South Branch.
McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of South Branch [McKean County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Branch ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Branch to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Branch and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from South Branch to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 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 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,645 miles [5,866.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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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- South Branch) 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 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 South Branch 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.
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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 South Branch 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 South Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1692, Longitude: -63.0864
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.596 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.055 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.194 degrees.