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Curious and Interesting Names Near Lillies ...
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.
- Butternut Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernbank
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Flanders Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Golf Side Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hawkes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Junetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junetown
- Loyalist Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mallorytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tincap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincap
How Far From Lillies 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 Lillies to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lillies and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Lillies to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,212 miles [6,778.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Lillies) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lillies 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 Lillies. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5781, Longitude: -75.8281 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.619 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.732 degrees. |
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