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Communities Also Named McMurchy Settlement ...
We found one communities that are also named McMurchy Settlement.
There is one other community in Ontario that is also named McMurchy Settlement.
Beyond Ontario.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Unknown
- The profile page for McMurchy Settlement #1
- 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 Ontario community of McMurchy Settlement.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McMurchy Settlement ...
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.
- Camperdown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lady Bank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lavender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Little Germany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Minniehill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Red Wing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
- Rob Roy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Rock Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
How Far From McMurchy Settlement 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 McMurchy Settlement to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McMurchy Settlement and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from McMurchy Settlement to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,787 miles [9,313.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 McMurchy Settlement 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- McMurchy Settlement) 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 McMurchy Settlement 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 McMurchy Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4778, Longitude: -80.2808 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.124 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.998 degrees. |
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