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Communities Also Named Otter Creek ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Otter Creek.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Otter Creek.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Otter Creek #1
      • This Otter Creek lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Pulaski County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Otter Creek.
    • Florida
      • Levy County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Levy County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Levy County community of Otter Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Pierce County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Pierce County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Otter Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Jackson County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Jackson County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Otter Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Clay 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 Kansas community of Otter Creek [Clay County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin 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 Kentucky community of Otter Creek [Hardin County].
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Hancock County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Otter Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Jackson 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 Michigan community of Otter Creek [Jackson County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Carlton County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlton County community of Otter Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Wayne County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Wayne County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Otter Creek.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Otter Creek lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New York
      • Lewis County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Lewis County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Otter Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Otter Creek [Rutherford County].
    • North Dakota
      • Oliver County
      • This Otter Creek is located in Oliver County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oliver County community of Otter Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer 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 Pennsylvania community of Otter Creek [Mercer County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland 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 Tennessee community of Otter Creek [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Otter Creek ...

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.

  • Eden Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellengowan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellengowan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellengowan
  • Lake Rosalind
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Egypt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Egypt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Egypt
  • Malcolm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malcolm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
  • Maple Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Lake
  • Riversdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riversdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversdale

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Otter Creek 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 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otter Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otter Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0959, Longitude: -81.1435    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Otter Creek 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>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 Otter Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Otter Creek 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 310.088 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.732 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.584 degrees.




 

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