Thompson Landing (Northwest Territories)

Communities Also Named Thompson Landing ...

We found one communities that share the name Thompson Landing.

Within Northwest Territories, the name Thompson Landing is unique.

Beyond Northwest Territories, there is another community also named Thompson Landing in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
  - Suffolk City
  - This Thompson Landing is located in Suffolk City and lies 2,305 miles [3,709.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Thompson Landing.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thompson Landing and extending to:

Yellowknife, which is the Territorial Capital of Northwest Territories, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Thompson Landing to Yellowknife, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,625 miles [9,052.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Northwest Territories: https://www.gov.nt.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thompson Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thompson Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 62.9169, Longitude: -110.6678
<2>	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.
<3>	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 Thompson Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.191 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.682 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.901 degrees.