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Communities Also Named Hinch ...

We found three communities that share the name Hinch.

Within Ontario, the name Hinch is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Hinch is located in Crawford County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Hinch.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan 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 West Virginia community of Hinch [Logan County].
      • Mingo County
      • This Hinch is located in Mingo County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of Hinch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinch ...

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.

  • Ebenezer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Enterprise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <4>
  • Erinsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erinsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erinsville <4>
  • Forest Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
  • Fredericksburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Lens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens
  • Lime Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Lake
  • Mohawk ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Mount Pleasant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Storms Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Storms Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storms Corners
  • Violet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Violet <4>

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Hinch 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 6 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 5,663 miles [9,113.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hinch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hinch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3650, Longitude: -76.9378    
<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 Hinch 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 Hinch 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 307.351 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.695 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.379 degrees.




 

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