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Communities Also Named Lee Valley ...

We found two communities that share the name Lee Valley.

Within Ontario, the name Lee Valley is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lee Valley [Douglas County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Lee Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lee Valley ...

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.

  • Beaver Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
  • Birch Island
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Island <4>
  • Carson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Fox Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
  • High Falls ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Current
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Current came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Current
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Current <4>
  • Spanish
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Turbine
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turbine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbine
  • Whitefish Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Lee Valley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lee Valley to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lee Valley to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 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 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lee Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lee Valley 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Lee Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lee Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2072, Longitude: -81.9400    
<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 Lee Valley 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 310.448 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.464 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.148 degrees.









 

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