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Communities Also Named Bayfield ...

We found nine communities that share the name Bayfield.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Bayfield.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, four are located in Canada and five are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Bayfield #1
      • 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 Ontario community of Bayfield.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • La Plata County
      • This Bayfield is located in La Plata County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Bayfield.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Bayfield is located in Kosciusko County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Bayfield.
    • Iowa
      • Muscatine 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 Iowa community of Bayfield [Muscatine County].
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bayfield [DeKalb County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bayfield lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bayfield lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Bayfield lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Wisconsin
      • Bayfield County
      • This Bayfield is located in Bayfield County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Bayfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayfield ...

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.

  • Blake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
  • Blue Water Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Water Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Water Beach
  • Bluewater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluewater <5>
  • Dashwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dashwood
  • Hills Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Green came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Green
  • Loyal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Porter's Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter's Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter's Hill
  • Saltford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltford
  • Seaforth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaforth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaforth <5>
  • Summerhill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
  • Sunset Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 322 miles [518.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bayfield to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bayfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bayfield 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' (or 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- Bayfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5667, Longitude: -81.7000    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bayfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bayfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.487 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.10 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.066 degrees.




 

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