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Curious and Interesting Names Near Brock Gardens ...
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.
- Bullocks Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Copetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copetown
- Crooks Hollow ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greensville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland Park Survey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Mineral Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Survey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- University Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Brock Gardens to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brock Gardens to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brock Gardens and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Brock Gardens to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Brock Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Brock Gardens to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brock Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2911, Longitude: -80.0003 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.409 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.338 degrees. |
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