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Communities Also Named Purple Valley ...

We found one communities that share the name Purple Valley.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Purple Valley.

Beyond Ontario.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Purple Valley ...

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.

  • Big Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cape Croker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Halfway Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hope Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <1>
  • Hopeness
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopeness came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeness
  • Lake Charles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Zion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Purple Valley and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 265 miles [426.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Purple Valley to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,802 miles [9,337.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Purple Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Purple Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8342, Longitude: -81.0797    
<4>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.
<5>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 Purple Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.99 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.736 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.258 degrees.









 

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