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Curious and Interesting Names Near Flindt Landing ...
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.
- Fee Spur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Spur
- Fowler
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Harvey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Jacobs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Savant Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Trapper's Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Flindt Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flindt Landing to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flindt Landing and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Flindt Landing to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Flindt Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Flindt Landing 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 Flindt Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2453, Longitude: -90.4442 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.116 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.425 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.406 degrees. |
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