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Communities Also Named Glenbrook ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Glenbrook.

Within Ontario, the name Glenbrook is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Lake County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Lake County and lies 2,469 miles [3,973.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Glenbrook.
      • Nevada County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Nevada County and lies 2,374 miles [3,820.6 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Glenbrook.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Glenbrook.
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan 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 Glenbrook [Harlan County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Glenbrook is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Glenbrook.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Glenbrook.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glenbrook.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Douglas County and lies 2,325 miles [3,741.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Glenbrook.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Cumberland County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Glenbrook.
      • Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Glenbrook [Montgomery County].
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Benton County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Glenbrook.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Glenbrook [Fairfax County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Glenbrook is located in Wood County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Glenbrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenbrook ...

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.

  • Apple Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornwall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornwall Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Dundee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Glenroy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenroy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Green Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hogansburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hogansburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogansburg
    • Hogansburg is located in Franklin County (NY)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hogansburg <3>
  • Isle of Skye
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Skye came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Skye
  • Maple Grove ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Martintown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martintown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
  • Picnic Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Picnic Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picnic Grove
  • Summerstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerstown <3>
  • Summerstown Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown Station

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Glenbrook to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,542 miles [8,919 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,144 miles [6,669.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glenbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1156, Longitude: -74.6508    
<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 Glenbrook 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<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 Glenbrook 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 305.798 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.078 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.887 degrees.




 

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