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Communities Also Named Lunar ...
We found two communities that share the name Lunar.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Lunar.
Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Lunar in Canada and the United States.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Nelson 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 Kentucky community of Lunar [Nelson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lunar ...
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.
- French Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Garden River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harmony Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bay
- Island Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Landing
- Kirbys Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirbys Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Corner
- Red Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Regent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent
- Sand Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
How Far From Lunar 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 Lunar to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lunar and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 418 miles [672.7 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lunar to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,461 miles [7,179.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lunar 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lunar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lunar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9081, Longitude: -84.1994 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lunar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.924 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.23 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.083 degrees. |
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