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Communities Also Named Glenridge ...

We found five communities that share the name Glenridge.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Glenridge #1
      • This Glenridge lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Francisco County
      • This Glenridge is located in San Francisco County and lies 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Francisco County community of Glenridge.
    • Illinois
      • Marion 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 Illinois community of Glenridge [Marion County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Glenridge is located in Norfolk County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Glenridge.
    • New York
      • Schenectady County
      • This Glenridge is located in Schenectady County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Glenridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenridge ...

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.

  • Eden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Froggetts Corners
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Froggetts Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froggetts Corners
  • Frogmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frogmore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
  • Gilbertville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Harrietsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrietsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietsville
  • Hinks Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinks Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinks Corners
  • Lyons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Mabee's Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabee's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabee's Corners
  • Mile Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Corner
  • Otterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocks Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocks Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Mills
  • Summers Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Glenridge 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 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,876 miles [9,456.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenridge. 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- Glenridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8754, Longitude: -80.7451    
<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 Glenridge 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 Glenridge 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 309.916 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.349 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.863 degrees.




 

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