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Communities Also Named Glenburnie ...

We found six communities that share the name Glenburnie.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Glenburnie.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Glenburnie is located in Washington County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Glenburnie.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Glenburnie lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell 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 Glenburnie [Caldwell County].
      • Edgecombe County
      • This Glenburnie is located in Edgecombe County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Glenburnie.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Glenburnie is located in Harris County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Glenburnie.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenburnie ...

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.

  • Codes Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Glenvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
  • Hemlock Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock Downs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Downs
  • Hillendale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillendale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Ida Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Hill
  • King Pitt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Pitt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Pitt
  • Kingscourt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingscourt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscourt
  • Maple Lawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Lawn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lawn
  • Poplar Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poplar Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Ravensview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravensview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravensview
  • Silvers Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silvers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvers Corners

How Far From Glenburnie to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glenburnie to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Glenburnie to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,249 miles [6,838.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenburnie. 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 from Point A (ie- Glenburnie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenburnie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3084, Longitude: -76.4746    
<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 Glenburnie 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>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.
<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 Glenburnie 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 307.063 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.362 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.176 degrees.




 

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