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Communities Also Named Rand ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Rand.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Rand is located in Kern County and lies 1,892 miles [3,044.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Rand.
    • Colorado
      • Jackson County
      • This Rand is located in Jackson County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Rand.
      • Larimer 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 Colorado community of Rand [Larimer County].
    • Michigan
      • Isabella 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 Rand [Isabella County].
    • Nevada
      • Mineral 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 Nevada community of Rand [Mineral County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Rand is located in Cheshire County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Rand.
    • Oregon
      • Josephine County
      • This Rand is located in Josephine County and lies 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Rand.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Rand [Allegheny County].
      • Union County
      • This Rand is located in Union County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Rand.
    • Texas
      • Kaufman County
      • This Rand is located in Kaufman County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Rand.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Rand is located in Kanawha County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Rand.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rand ...

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.

  • Canyon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Harmony Beach
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Horseshoe Bay
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bay
  • Jones Landing
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Landing
  • Lunar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lunar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunar
  • Regent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Rand to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rand) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2058, Longitude: -84.3519    
<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 Rand 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 Rand, 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 Rand 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 312.007 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.368 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.05 degrees.




 

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