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Communities Also Named Ostrom ...

We found two communities that share the name Ostrom.

Within Ontario, the name Ostrom is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Ostrom [Yuba County].
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Ostrom [Ocean County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ostrom ...

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.

  • Eureka
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Felix
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felix came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felix
  • Jerome
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Shining Tree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shining Tree came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shining Tree
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shining Tree <4>
  • Thor Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thor Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thor Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Ostrom and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 314 miles [505.3 km]<5> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Ostrom to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,339 miles [6,982.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ostrom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ostrom 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ostrom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ostrom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4686, Longitude: -81.6169    
<6>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.
<7>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 Ostrom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.113 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.287 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.447 degrees.




 

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