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Communities Also Named Cobalt ...
We found four communities that share the name Cobalt.
Within Ontario, the name Cobalt is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- This Cobalt is located in Middlesex County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Cobalt.
- Idaho
- Lemhi County
- This Cobalt is located in Lemhi County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lemhi County community of Cobalt.
- Missouri
- Howell 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 Missouri community of Cobalt [Howell County].
- Madison County
- This Cobalt is located in Madison County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cobalt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobalt ...
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.
- Button's Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button's Corners
- Freeman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Judge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Maidens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maidens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidens
- Rib Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rib Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
- Silver Centre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Centre
- Uno Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uno Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Park
How Far From Cobalt 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 town such as Cobalt to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cobalt and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cobalt 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 5,638 miles [9,073.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cobalt: www.cobalt.ca/ 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cobalt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cobalt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3944, Longitude: -79.6870 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cobalt 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 Cobalt 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 308.814 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.824 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.431 degrees. |
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