Redmond (Ontario) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Redmond ...

We found seven communities that share the name Redmond.

Within Ontario, the name Redmond is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Larimer County
  - This Redmond is located in Larimer County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Redmond.
- Oregon
  - Deschutes County
  - This Redmond is located in Deschutes County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deschutes County community of Redmond.
- Pennsylvania
  - Butler County
  - This Redmond is located in Butler County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Redmond.
- South Carolina
  - Pickens 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 South Carolina community of Redmond [Pickens County].
- Utah
  - Sevier County
  - This Redmond is located in Sevier County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Redmond.
- Washington
  - King County
  - This Redmond is located in King County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Redmond.
- West Virginia
  - Mason County
  - This Redmond is located in Mason County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Redmond.

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

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Redmond to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 37 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Redmond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Redmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2364, Longitude: -87.5436
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Redmond 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>	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.
<4>	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 Redmond to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.017 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.077 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.689 degrees.