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Communities Also Named The Bush ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name The Bush.

Within Ontario, the name The Bush is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour 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 Alabama community of The Bush [Barbour County].
      • Calhoun County
      • This The Bush is located in Calhoun County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of The Bush.
      • Jefferson County
      • This The Bush is located in Jefferson County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of The Bush.
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson 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 Arkansas community of The Bush [Jefferson County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This The Bush is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of The Bush.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This The Bush is located in Cook County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of The Bush.
      • Williamson County
      • This The Bush is located in Williamson County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of The Bush.
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • This The Bush is located in Laurel County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurel County community of The Bush.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This The Bush is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of The Bush.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This The Bush is located in Harford County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of The Bush.
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • This The Bush is located in Simpson County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of The Bush.
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of The Bush [Marion County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of The Bush [Aiken County].
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • This The Bush is located in Thurston County and lies 2,220 miles [3,572.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of The Bush.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Bush ...

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.

  • Burnt Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hills
  • California
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Lock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Lock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Lock
  • Delta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <5>
  • Forfar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forfar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
  • Freeland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Harlem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Jones Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Falls
  • Little Brockville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Brockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brockville
  • Long Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Leaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
  • Sweets Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from The Bush to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,625 miles [9,052.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,228 miles [6,804.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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 The Bush 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Bush) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Bush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5728, Longitude: -76.2067    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about The Bush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 The Bush to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.861 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.179 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.922 degrees.




 

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