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Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Wharf ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curve Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fee's Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flood's Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fowlers Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fox's Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kennedy Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sturgeon Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Kings Wharf 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 Kings Wharf to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kings Wharf and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kings Wharf 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 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,328 miles [6,965.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kings Wharf. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. 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- Kings Wharf) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kings Wharf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4493, Longitude: -78.5064 |
| <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 Kings Wharf to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.349 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.829 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.12 degrees. |
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