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Communities Also Named Oliphant ...

We found two communities that share the name Oliphant.

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

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Oliphant in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Pike 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 Indiana community of Oliphant [Pike County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliphant ...

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.

  • Copperkettle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperkettle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperkettle
  • Hope Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope Bay <3>
  • Lake Charles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Charles came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
  • Park Head
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Head
  • Pike Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Bay
  • Purple Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purple Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Valley
  • Red Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Bay <3>
  • Shallow Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry
  • Zion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Oliphant and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 276 miles [444.2 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Oliphant to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,431 miles [7,131 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oliphant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Oliphant 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oliphant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliphant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7286, Longitude: -81.2775    
<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 Oliphant 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 310.128 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.875 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.401 degrees.




 

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