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Communities Also Named Gardiner ...

We found nine communities that share the name Gardiner.

Within Ontario, the name Gardiner is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • This Gardiner is located in Dallas County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Gardiner.
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Gardiner is located in Kennebec County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Gardiner.
    • Michigan
      • Wexford 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 Michigan community of Gardiner [Wexford County].
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • This Gardiner is located in Park County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Gardiner.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This Gardiner is located in Platte County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Gardiner.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax 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 New Mexico community of Gardiner [Colfax County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Gardiner is located in Ulster County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Gardiner.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Gardiner is located in Douglas County and lies 2,053 miles [3,304 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Gardiner.
    • Washington
      • Jefferson County
      • This Gardiner is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Gardiner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardiner ...

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.

  • Driftwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driftwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driftwood <5>
  • Florida
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
  • Frederick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederickhouse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederickhouse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederickhouse
  • Island Falls
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Falls
  • Island Falls Junction
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Falls Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Falls Junction
  • Island Falls Station
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Falls Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Falls Station
  • Smooth Rock
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Smooth Rock Falls
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Gardiner to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,602 miles [9,015.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • 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).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gardiner. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gardiner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gardiner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3109, Longitude: -81.0285    
<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 Gardiner 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 Gardiner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Gardiner 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 309.507 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.905 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.302 degrees.




 

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