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Communities Also Named Floral Park ...

We found seven communities that share the name Floral Park.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Floral Park.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Floral Park #1
      • 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 Ontario community of Floral Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • This Floral Park is located in Middlesex County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Floral Park.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach 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 Florida community of Floral Park [Palm Beach County].
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This Floral Park is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,599 miles [2,573.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Floral Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset 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 New Jersey community of Floral Park [Somerset County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Floral Park is located in Nassau County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Floral Park.
      • Queens 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 New York community of Floral Park [Queens County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Floral Park ...

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.

  • Bonnie Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Beach
  • Fawn Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Bay
  • Fountain Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Beach
  • Geneva Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grays Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Bay
  • Hamlet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Harry's Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harry's Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry's Corner
  • Joyland Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyland Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyland Beach
  • Murphy Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Beach
  • Sandy Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sparrow Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparrow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrow Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Floral Park to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

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 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 Floral Park 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Floral Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Floral Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7158, Longitude: -79.3389    
<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 Floral Park 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 308.862 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.449 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.424 degrees.




 

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