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Communities Also Named Blackstone ...

We found eight communities that share the name Blackstone.

Within Ontario, the name Blackstone is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, one is located in Canada and the other seven communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno 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 California community of Blackstone [Fresno County].
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • This Blackstone is located in Livingston County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Blackstone.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Blackstone [Sumner County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Blackstone is located in Aroostook County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Blackstone.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Blackstone is located in Worcester County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Blackstone.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Blackstone lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<2> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Blackstone is located in Westmoreland County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Blackstone.
    • Virginia
      • Nottoway County
      • This Blackstone is located in Nottoway County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nottoway County community of Blackstone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackstone ...

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.

  • Crooked Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Bay
  • Dock Siding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Siding
  • Gordon Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Bay
  • Horseshoe Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lake Joseph
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Joseph came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Joseph
  • Otter Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <4>
  • Stanley House
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley House
  • Swords
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords
  • Turtle Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blackstone to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 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 Blackstone 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blackstone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2569, Longitude: -79.8428    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Blackstone 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 309.141 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.847 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.45 degrees.




 

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