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Communities Also Named High Falls ...

We found ten communities that share the name High Falls.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named High Falls.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for High Falls #1
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of High Falls.
      • The profile page for High Falls #2
      • 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 Ontario community of High Falls.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Monroe County
      • This High Falls is located in Monroe County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of High Falls.
    • Kentucky
      • Wolfe County
      • This High Falls is located in Wolfe County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<3> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of High Falls.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This High Falls is located in Greene County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of High Falls.
      • Lewis County
      • This High Falls is located in Lewis County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of High Falls.
      • Ulster County
      • This High Falls is located in Ulster County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of High Falls.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This High Falls is located in Moore County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of High Falls.
    • Quebec
      • This High Falls lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<3> to the northeast.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee 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 South Carolina community of High Falls [Oconee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near High Falls ...

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.

  • Bullock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Clyde Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Forks
  • Clydesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clydesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydesville
  • Folger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folger came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folger
  • French Line
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Line
  • Harper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Hood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • Hopetown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
  • Joes Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joes Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Lake
  • Mississippi Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mississippi Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi Station
  • Playfairville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playfairville
    • Former names for Playfairville:
    • Playfair Mills
    • Playfair Rapids
    • Playfairville has also been known as:
    • Playfair
  • Poland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Robertsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
  • Snow Road Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Road Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Road Station

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 54 miles [86.9 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from High Falls to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,625 miles [9,052.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,231 miles [6,809.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 High Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 High Falls 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>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- High Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in High Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9547, Longitude: -76.6094    
<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 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 High Falls 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 307.073 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.479 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.945 degrees.




 

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