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Communities Also Named Stirling ...

We found nine communities that share the name Stirling.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Stirling #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stirling.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Stirling lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Georgia
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stirling [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Isabella County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stirling [Isabella County].
      • Mecosta 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 Stirling [Mecosta County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Stirling [Nye County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Stirling is located in Morris County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Stirling.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Stirling is located in Suffolk County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Stirling.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Stirling lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<2> to the east northeast.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stirling ...

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.

  • German Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Ross
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Ross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ross
  • Green Acres
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hoards
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoards
  • Ivanhoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivanhoe <5>
  • Maple View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple View
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • River Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sine
  • Spring Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
  • Stockdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuftsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuftsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuftsville
  • Zion Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Stirling to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,294 miles [6,910.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Stirling 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.
<2>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- Stirling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stirling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2971, Longitude: -77.5480    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stirling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Stirling to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.749 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.131 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.711 degrees.




 

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