We found seven communities that share the name West Bay.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named West Bay.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these six communities, four are located in Canada and three are in the United States.
This West Bay lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This West Bay lies 2,820 miles [4,538.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
Florida
Bay County
This West Bay is located in Bay County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of West Bay.
Duval 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 Florida community of West Bay [Duval County].
Hillsborough County
This West Bay is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of West Bay.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This West Bay lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the north northeast.
Ontario
This West Bay lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the west.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Bay ...
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.
Dundee (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 West Bay to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Bay and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from West Bay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,545 miles [5,705.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
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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- West Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7089, Longitude: -61.1712
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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 West Bay 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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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.
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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 West Bay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.28 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.695 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.882 degrees.