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Communities Also Named Bon Air ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Bon Air.

Within Ontario, the name Bon Air is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bon Air is located in Jefferson County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bon Air.
      • Talladega County
      • This Bon Air is located in Talladega County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Bon Air.
    • Arkansas
      • Stone 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 Bon Air [Stone County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bon Air is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bon Air.
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Bon Air [Letcher County].
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • This Bon Air is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Bon Air.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Bon Air is located in Camden County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Bon Air.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Bon Air is located in Forsyth County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Bon Air.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Bon Air is located in Allegheny County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Bon Air.
      • Cambria County
      • This Bon Air is located in Cambria County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Bon Air.
      • Delaware County
      • This Bon Air is located in Delaware County and lies 494 miles [795 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Bon Air.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This Bon Air is located in Sumner County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Bon Air.
      • White County
      • This Bon Air is located in White County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Bon Air.
    • Virginia
      • Arlington County
      • This Bon Air is located in Arlington County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Bon Air.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Bon Air is located in Chesterfield County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Bon Air.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bon Air ...

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.

  • Bigwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigwood
  • Cranberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
  • French River
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Key Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Key Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Junction
  • Key River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Key River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key River
  • Pickerel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickerel came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel
  • Pickerel River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickerel River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel River
  • Trout Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bon Air to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,730 miles [9,221.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,353 miles [7,005.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Bon Air) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bon Air. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0169, Longitude: -80.5708    
<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 Bon Air 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'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 Bon Air 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 309.55 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.427 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.506 degrees.




 

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