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Communities Also Named Forks ...

We found ten communities that share the name Forks.

Within Ontario, the name Forks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Forks is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Forks.
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Forks is located in Estill County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Forks.
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Forks is located in Somerset County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Forks.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Forks lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the east.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Forks [Cattaraugus County].
      • Erie County
      • This Forks is located in Erie County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Forks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Forks [Centre County].
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Forks [Columbia County].
    • Washington
      • Clallam County
      • This Forks is located in Clallam County and lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Forks.
    • Wyoming
      • Crook 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 Wyoming community of Forks [Crook County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forks ...

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.

  • Benny
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benny came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benny
  • Eureka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Felix
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felix came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felix
  • Geneva
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Nitro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
  • Shining Tree
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shining Tree came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shining Tree
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shining Tree <4>
  • Thor Lake
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thor Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Forks to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forks. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0494, Longitude: -81.8647    
<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 Forks 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Forks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.322 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.455 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.759 degrees.




 

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