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Communities Also Named Desert Lake ...

We found three communities that share the name Desert Lake.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Desert Lake.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Desert Lake is located in Kern County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Desert Lake.
    • Utah
      • Desert Lake #2
      • 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 Utah community of Desert Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Desert Lake ...

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.

  • Bobs Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bobs Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Lake
  • Cedar Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Echo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Missouri
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri
  • Moons Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Corners
  • Raymonds Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymonds Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Corners
  • Rosedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Star Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Desert Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,643 miles [9,081.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Desert Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Desert Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Desert Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5137, Longitude: -76.5987    
<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 Desert Lake 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 Desert Lake 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 307.118 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.457 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.143 degrees.




 

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