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Communities Also Named Sand Lake ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Sand Lake.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Sand Lake.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Sand Lake #1
      • This Sand Lake lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Sand Lake.
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Orange County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Sand Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Iosco County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Iosco County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iosco County community of Sand Lake.
      • Kent County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Kent County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sand Lake.
      • Lenawee 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 Sand Lake [Lenawee County].
      • Van Buren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sand Lake [Van Buren County].
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Rensselaer County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Sand Lake.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Sand Lake lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the east.
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Ellis County and lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Sand Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • This Sand Lake is located in Polk County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Sand Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Lake ...

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
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Hawk Junction
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Junction
  • Helen Junction
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helen Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Junction
  • Helen Mine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helen Mine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Mine
  • Josephine
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Magpie
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magpie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magpie

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sand Lake to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 26 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7590, Longitude: -84.5107    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sand Lake 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>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.
<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 Sand Lake 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 312.073 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.527 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.92 degrees.




 

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