This Saint Davids lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Saint Davids lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Saint Davids is located in Delaware County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Saint Davids.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Davids ...
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.
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 Saint Davids to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Davids and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Davids to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,518 miles [8,880.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,122 miles [6,633.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Davids) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Saint Davids 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 Saint Davids. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5195, Longitude: -74.4659
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.623 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.949 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.593 degrees.