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Communities Also Named Gravel Hill ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Gravel Hill.

Within Ontario, the name Gravel Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Franklin County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Arkansas
      • Pope 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 Arkansas community of Gravel Hill [Pope County].
      • Van Buren County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Gravel Hill.
      • White County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in White County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Benton County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Benton County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Garrett County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Carroll County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Gravel Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Gravel Hill lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Gravel Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen 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 Gravel Hill [Bladen County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Gravel Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Allendale 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 South Carolina community of Gravel Hill [Allendale County].
      • Berkeley County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gravel Hill [Berkeley County].
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Orangeburg County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • McNairy County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McNairy County community of Gravel Hill.
      • Washington County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Washington County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Gravel Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Buckingham County
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Gravel Hill.
      • Richmond City
      • This Gravel Hill is located in Richmond City and lies 546 miles [878.7 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Gravel Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gravel Hill ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dominionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominionville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominionville
  • Dyer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Greenfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Martintown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Maxville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Monkland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Moose Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Creek <5>
  • Valleys Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleys Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleys Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Gravel Hill to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,548 miles [8,928.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,150 miles [6,678.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gravel Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gravel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2111, Longitude: -74.8936    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gravel Hill 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 Gravel Hill, 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 Gravel Hill 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 305.94 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.253 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.962 degrees.




 

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