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Communities Also Named Muir ...

We found nine communities that share the name Muir.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Muir #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 Muir.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Muir is located in Mississippi County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Muir.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Muir is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Muir.
      • Mendocino County
      • This Muir is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,209 miles [3,555 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Muir.
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Muir is located in Fayette County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Muir.
    • Manitoba
      • This Muir lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the northwest.
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • This Muir is located in Ionia County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Muir.
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • This Muir is located in Park County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Muir.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Muir is located in Schuylkill County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Muir.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Muir ...

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.

  • Bishopsgate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Canning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canning
    • Former name for Canning:
    • Mudge Hollow
  • Creditville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creditville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creditville
  • Falkland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
  • Harley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
  • Hinks Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinks Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinks Corners
  • Kelvin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
  • Maple Lake Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Perrys Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Lane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Lane
  • Richwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Showers Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Showers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showers Corners
  • Tollgate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tollgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Willow Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
  • Windfall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 289 miles [465.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Muir to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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 Muir 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Muir) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Muir. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1150, Longitude: -80.5953    
<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 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 Muir 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 309.803 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.259 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.697 degrees.




 

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