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Communities Also Named Pickering ...

We found eight communities that share the name Pickering.

Within Ontario, the name Pickering is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Pickering [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Union County
      • This Pickering is located in Union County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pickering.
    • Iowa
      • Marshall County
      • This Pickering is located in Marshall County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Pickering.
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Pickering is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Pickering.
    • Mississippi
      • Covington 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 Mississippi community of Pickering [Covington County].
    • Missouri
      • Nodaway County
      • This Pickering is located in Nodaway County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Pickering.
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford County
      • This Pickering is located in Strafford County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Pickering.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Pickering is located in Chester County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Pickering.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickering ...

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.

  • Ajax
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cherrywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Cherrywood Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Station
  • Deckers Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deckers Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Hill
  • Dixie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Fairport
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
  • Fairport Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Beach
  • Glen Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Liverpool
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liverpool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Rosebank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Rosebank Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Squires Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Beach

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Pickering 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 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,376 miles [7,042.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Pickering: www.cityofpickering.com/

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 Pickering 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pickering) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pickering. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8385, Longitude: -79.0870    
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pickering 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 308.779 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.217 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.667 degrees.




 

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