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Curious and Interesting Names Near Kimberley Park ...
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.
- Birch Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Curve Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Bay
- Fee's Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flood's Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fowlers Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fox's Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Halls Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Wharf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orange Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Point Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Village Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Kimberley Park 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 Kimberley Park to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kimberley Park and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kimberley Park to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,717 miles [9,200.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,325 miles [6,960.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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- Kimberley Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Kimberley Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kimberley Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4394, Longitude: -78.4100 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.288 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.759 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.076 degrees. |
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