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Communities Also Named Summerhill ...

We found six communities that share the name Summerhill.

Within Ontario, the name Summerhill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Summerhill is located in Fulton County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Summerhill.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Summerhill is located in Cook County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Summerhill.
    • Maryland
      • 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 Maryland community of Summerhill [Montgomery County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Summerhill is located in Cambria County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Summerhill.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Summerhill is located in Lancaster County and lies 389 miles [626 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Summerhill.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Summerhill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Summerhill ...

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.

  • Blue Water Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Water Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Water Beach
  • Bogies Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogies Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogies Beach
  • Donnybrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Leadbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leadbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadbury
  • Loyal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Porter's Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter's Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter's Hill
  • Prosperity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Saltford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltford
  • Seaforth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaforth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaforth <4>
  • Sunset Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunshine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Summerhill to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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- Summerhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Summerhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6822, Longitude: -81.5406    
<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 Summerhill 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 Summerhill 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 310.375 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.992 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.943 degrees.




 

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