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Communities Also Named Dryden ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Dryden.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Dryden.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Dryden #1
      • This Dryden lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Dryden is located in Craighead County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Dryden.
    • Idaho
      • Idaho County
      • This Dryden is located in Idaho County and lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Dryden.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson 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 Illinois community of Dryden [Jefferson County].
    • Kansas
      • Ness 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 Kansas community of Dryden [Ness County].
    • Kentucky
      • Wayne 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 Dryden [Wayne County].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Dryden is located in Franklin County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Dryden.
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer County
      • This Dryden is located in Lapeer County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Dryden.
    • Missouri
      • Ripley 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 Missouri community of Dryden [Ripley County].
    • New York
      • Tompkins County
      • This Dryden is located in Tompkins County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Dryden.
    • Oklahoma
      • Dryden #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 Oklahoma community of Dryden.
    • Oregon
      • Josephine County
      • This Dryden is located in Josephine County and lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Dryden.
    • Texas
      • Pecos 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 Texas community of Dryden [Pecos County].
      • Terrell County
      • This Dryden is located in Terrell County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrell County community of Dryden.
    • Virginia
      • Lee County
      • This Dryden is located in Lee County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Dryden.
    • Washington
      • Chelan County
      • This Dryden is located in Chelan County and lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Dryden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dryden ...

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.

  • Burns
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Carthage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Donegal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Dorking
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorking
  • Drew
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
  • Ethel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Farewell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farewell
  • Fernbank
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Glen Allan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gotham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
    • Riverbank
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Riverstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spruce Green
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Green came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Green

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Dryden to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,839 miles [9,397 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dryden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dryden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8150, Longitude: -80.8861    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dryden 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>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 Dryden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<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 Dryden 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 309.941 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.523 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.566 degrees.




 

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