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Communities Also Named Letterkenny ...

We found one communities that share the name Letterkenny.

Within Ontario, the name Letterkenny is unique.

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Letterkenny in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Franklin 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 Pennsylvania community of Letterkenny [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Letterkenny ...

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.

  • German Settlement
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Guiney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guiney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guiney
  • Halfway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Hardwood Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardwood Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardwood Lake <3>
  • Harriets Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriets Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriets Corners
  • Jewellville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewellville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewellville
  • Lake Clear
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Clear came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Clear
  • Lost Nation
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mayhews Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayhews Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews Landing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Letterkenny and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Letterkenny 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 5 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 5,640 miles [9,076.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,249 miles [6,838.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Letterkenny 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Letterkenny) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Letterkenny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3678, Longitude: -77.4228    
<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 Letterkenny 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 307.55 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.08 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.165 degrees.




 

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