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Communities Also Named McGregor ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name McGregor.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named McGregor.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these thirteen communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • This McGregor is located in Woodruff County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of McGregor.
    • British Columbia
      • This McGregor lies 1,940 miles [3,122.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • This McGregor is located in Routt County and lies 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of McGregor.
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This McGregor is located in Lee County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of McGregor.
    • Georgia
      • Montgomery County
      • This McGregor is located in Montgomery County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of McGregor.
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of McGregor [Jefferson County].
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • This McGregor is located in Clayton County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of McGregor.
    • Kansas
      • Sheridan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of McGregor [Sheridan County].
    • Michigan
      • Sanilac County
      • This McGregor is located in Sanilac County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanilac County community of McGregor.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin County
      • This McGregor is located in Aitkin County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aitkin County community of McGregor.
    • North Dakota
      • Williams County
      • This McGregor is located in Williams County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of McGregor.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This McGregor is located in Armstrong County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of McGregor.
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • This McGregor is located in McLennan County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of McGregor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McGregor ...

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.

  • Busy Bee Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busy Bee Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Bee Corners
  • Comet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
  • Edgars
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgars came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgars
  • Edgewater Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fairplay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairplay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Glen Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Levergood Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levergood Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levergood Beach
  • Maidstone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maidstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maidstone <4>
  • Oliver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Pleasant Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Park
  • Roseland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Sandwich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandwich came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sunset Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Sandwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Sandwich came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sandwich
    • Willow Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Willowood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from McGregor to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,994 miles [9,646.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,603 miles [7,407.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McGregor. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McGregor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McGregor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1500, Longitude: -82.9667    
<2>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 McGregor 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.
<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 McGregor 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 311.381 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.897 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.201 degrees.









 

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