We found ten communities that share the name Windermere.
There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Windermere.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, three are located in Canada and seven are in the United States.
This Windermere lies 2,360 miles [3,798.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
Connecticut
Tolland County
This Windermere is located in Tolland County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tolland County community of Windermere.
Florida
Orange County
This Windermere is located in Orange County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Windermere.
Maryland
Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Windermere [Montgomery County].
Michigan
Berrien 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 Windermere [Berrien County].
Ontario
This Windermere lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west.
Tennessee
Montgomery County
This Windermere is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Windermere.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Windermere is located in Stafford County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Windermere.
Washington
King County
This Windermere is located in King County and lies 2,683 miles [4,317.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Windermere.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windermere ...
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.
Canada Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
Cornwallis Square (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornwallis Square. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Acres. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harbourville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Windermere to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windermere and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Windermere 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 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,722 miles [5,990 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windermere) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Windermere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0192, Longitude: -64.7456
<2>
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 Windermere 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.
<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>
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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.
<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 Windermere 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 299.645 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.194 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.093 degrees.