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Communities Also Named Shelburne ...

We found seven communities that share the name Shelburne.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Shelburne is located in Morgan County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Shelburne.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Shelburne is located in Franklin County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Shelburne.
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Shelburne is located in Coos County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Shelburne.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Shelburne lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Shelburne is located in Chittenden County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Shelburne.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery 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 Virginia community of Shelburne [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelburne ...

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.

  • Elba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Elder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elder came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Honeywood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeywood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywood
  • Maple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mono
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono <4>
  • Mono Centre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Centre
  • Riverview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Springwater Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwater Lakes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Lakes
  • Terra Nova
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Violet Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Shelburne to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Shelburne: www.townofshelburne.on.ca/

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- Shelburne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shelburne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0829, Longitude: -80.2025    
<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 Shelburne 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Shelburne 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 309.478 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.042 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.119 degrees.









 

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