Belle Vallee (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Vallee ...

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.

Button's Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button's Corners
Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
Hillview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
Judge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
Marshall's Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall's Corners
McCool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
Tomstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown
Uno Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uno Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belle Vallee and extending to:

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Belle Vallee to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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- Belle Vallee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belle Vallee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6533, Longitude: -79.5931
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Belle Vallee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.721 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.761 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.262 degrees.