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Communities Also Named Sunshine ...

We found 45 communities that share the name Sunshine.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 44 communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Sunshine #1
      • This Sunshine lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Hale County
      • This Sunshine is located in Hale County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Sunshine.
    • Alaska
      • This Sunshine lies 2,953 miles [4,752.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Arizona
      • Coconino County
      • This Sunshine is located in Coconino County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Sunshine.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Sunshine is located in Ashley County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Sunshine.
      • Garland County
      • This Sunshine is located in Garland County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Sunshine.
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sunshine [Howard County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Sunshine lies 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • This Sunshine is located in Boulder County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Sunshine.
      • Garfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sunshine [Garfield County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sunshine [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Hancock County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sunshine [Hancock County].
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose County
      • This Sunshine is located in Appanoose County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Sunshine.
    • Kansas
      • Ford County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ford County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Sunshine.
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sunshine [Meade County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This Sunshine is located in Greenup County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Sunshine.
      • Harlan County
      • This Sunshine is located in Harlan County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Sunshine.
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Sunshine.
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Sunshine is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Sunshine.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Sunshine is located in Hancock County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Sunshine.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Sunshine is located in Montgomery County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunshine.
    • Missouri
      • Randolph County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Randolph County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Sunshine.
      • Ray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sunshine [Ray County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sunshine [Lincoln County].
    • New Mexico
      • Luna County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Sunshine [Luna County].
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Sunshine.
      • Taos County
      • This Sunshine is located in Taos County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Sunshine.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This Sunshine is located in Rutherford County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Sunshine.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Sunshine is located in Adams County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Sunshine.
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sunshine [Brown County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Sunshine is located in Berks County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Sunshine.
      • Fayette County
      • This Sunshine is located in Fayette County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Sunshine.
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sunshine [Luzerne County].
      • Wayne 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 Pennsylvania community of Sunshine [Wayne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Newberry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Sunshine [Newberry County].
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Sunshine is located in Blount County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Sunshine.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • This Sunshine is located in El Paso County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Sunshine.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Sunshine is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Sunshine.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Sunshine is located in Davis County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Sunshine.
      • Tooele County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Tooele County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of Sunshine.
    • Washington
      • Pacific County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sunshine [Pacific County].
      • Whitman County
      • This Sunshine is located in Whitman County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Sunshine.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sunshine [Marion County].
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Sunshine [Big Horn County].
      • Park County
      • This Sunshine is located in Park County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Sunshine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunshine ...

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.

  • Bluevale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluevale
  • Donnybrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Ethel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Leadbury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leadbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadbury
  • Manley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
  • Prosperity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Silver Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Slabtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Summerhill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunshine 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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunshine. 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunshine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunshine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7826, Longitude: -81.3363    
<2>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 Sunshine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Sunshine 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.
<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 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 Sunshine 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 310.236 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.85 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.803 degrees.




 

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