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Communities Also Named Beck ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Beck.

Within Ontario, the name Beck is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Beck is located in Covington County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Beck.
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Beck is located in Crittenden County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Beck.
      • Lee County
      • This Beck is located in Lee County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Beck.
      • Miller County
      • This Beck is located in Miller County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Beck.
    • Indiana
      • Gibson 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 Indiana community of Beck [Gibson County].
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Beck [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Beck is located in Jefferson County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Beck.
    • Montana
      • Teton 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 Montana community of Beck [Teton County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This Beck is located in Lincoln County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Beck.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake 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 North Carolina community of Beck [Wake County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Beck #
      • This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Beck.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Beck [Lane County].
    • Texas
      • Lamb County
      • This Beck is located in Lamb County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamb County community of Beck.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beck ...

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.

  • Amethyst Harbour
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Loon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon
  • Pass Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pass Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Lake
  • Pearl
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Silver Harbour
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Harbour
  • Silver Islet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Islet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Islet
  • Stepstone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stepstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepstone
  • Wild Goose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Goose came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose

How Far From Beck to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beck to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Beck 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 38 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,898 miles [9,491.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beck) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6003, Longitude: -88.8711    
<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 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 Beck 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>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 Beck, 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 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.
<6>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 Beck to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.079 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.025 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.068 degrees.




 

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