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Communities Also Named Birchwood ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Birchwood.

Within Ontario, the name Birchwood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Birchwood lies 3,009 miles [4,842.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Birchwood [Pulaski County].
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Birchwood is located in Hartford County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Birchwood.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Birchwood is located in Cook County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Birchwood.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Birchwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Birchwood.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Birchwood is located in Berrien County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Birchwood.
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Birchwood is located in Cheboygan County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Birchwood.
    • Minnesota
      • Washington County
      • This Birchwood is located in Washington County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Birchwood.
    • New York
      • Nassau 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 New York community of Birchwood [Nassau County].
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Birchwood is located in Alamance County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Birchwood.
      • Pitt County
      • This Birchwood is located in Pitt County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Birchwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Birchwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Birchwood.
      • Meigs 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 Tennessee community of Birchwood [Meigs County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Birchwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Birchwood.
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • This Birchwood is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,055 miles [3,307.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Birchwood.
    • Wisconsin
      • Kewaunee County
      • This Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Birchwood.
      • Washburn County
      • This Birchwood is located in Washburn County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washburn County community of Birchwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooksville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Dixie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Erin Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erin Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Mills
  • Erindale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erindale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erindale
  • Kent Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Meadow Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Park Royal
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Royal
  • Riverview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Streetsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Streetsville Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Streetsville Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streetsville Junction
  • Vista Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Birchwood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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- Birchwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birchwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5269, Longitude: -79.6283    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Birchwood 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>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.
<5>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 Birchwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.153 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.588 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.061 degrees.




 

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