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Communities Also Named Hampstead ...

We found nine communities that share the name Hampstead.

Within Ontario, the name Hampstead is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Hampstead is located in Carroll County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hampstead.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Hampstead lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Hampstead is located in Rockingham County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Hampstead.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Hampstead is located in Forsyth County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Hampstead.
      • Pender County
      • This Hampstead is located in Pender County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Hampstead.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hampstead is located in Montgomery County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hampstead.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Hampstead.
    • Virginia
      • King George County
      • This Hampstead is located in King George County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Hampstead.
      • New Kent County
      • This Hampstead is located in New Kent County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Kent County community of Hampstead.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hampstead ...

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.

  • Crosshill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Gads Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill
  • Kingwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Lisbon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Mennonite Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • New Prussia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prussia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prussia
  • Shakespeare
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakespeare came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shakespeare <4>
  • Topping
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hampstead to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 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 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hampstead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hampstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4617, Longitude: -80.8389    
<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 Hampstead 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 Hampstead 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 309.936 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.462 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.681 degrees.




 

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