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Communities Also Named Osborne ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Osborne.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Osborne #1
      • This Osborne lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This Osborne is located in Shasta County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Osborne.
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • This Osborne is located in Clayton County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Osborne.
    • Kansas
      • Osborne County
      • This Osborne is located in Osborne County and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osborne County community of Osborne.
    • Manitoba
      • This Osborne lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Osborne is located in Harford County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Osborne.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • This Osborne is located in Richmond County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Osborne.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Osborne is located in Allegheny County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Osborne.
    • Texas
      • Wilbarger 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 Texas community of Osborne [Wilbarger County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • This Osborne is located in Grant County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Osborne.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Osborne is located in Kanawha County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Osborne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Osborne ...

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.

  • Buffalo Rock
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Rock
  • Cooks Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Diver
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diver came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diver
  • Grimmer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grimmer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimmer
  • Jocko
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jocko came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jocko
  • Kenny
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenny came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
  • Otter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
  • Redbridge
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbridge
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redbridge <4>
  • Redwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Osborne to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,661 miles [9,110.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,284 miles [6,894.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Osborne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Osborne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6928, Longitude: -79.4878    
<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 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 Osborne 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 Osborne 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 308.759 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.649 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.639 degrees.




 

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