Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockcliffe ...
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.
- Centretown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hull
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Ironside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
- Kingsview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lower Town
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Manor Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Playfair Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tunney's Pasture
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Rockcliffe 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 Rockcliffe to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rockcliffe and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is just to the southwest (SW).
- The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km]<1> and it lies to the northeast (NE).<3>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,174 miles [6,717.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>'
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- Rockcliffe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rockcliffe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockcliffe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4499, Longitude: -75.6751 |
| <3> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.409 degrees. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.817 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.239 degrees. |