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Communities Also Named Vesta ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Vesta.

Within Ontario, the name Vesta is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Vesta is located in Franklin County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Vesta.
    • Georgia
      • Oglethorpe County
      • This Vesta is located in Oglethorpe County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglethorpe County community of Vesta.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Vesta is located in Clark County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Vesta.
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Kansas community of Vesta [Clark County].
    • Minnesota
      • Redwood County
      • This Vesta is located in Redwood County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Vesta.
    • Nebraska
      • Johnson County
      • This Vesta is located in Johnson County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Vesta.
    • North Dakota
      • Walsh 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 North Dakota community of Vesta [Walsh County].
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This Vesta is located in Wilson County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Vesta.
    • Texas
      • Sabine 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 Texas community of Vesta [Sabine County].
      • Shackelford 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 Texas community of Vesta [Shackelford County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Vesta is located in Patrick County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Vesta.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Vesta is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Vesta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vesta ...

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.

  • Eden Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellengowan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellengowan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellengowan
  • Lake Rosalind
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Louise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
  • Malcolm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malcolm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
  • Maple Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Paisley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Peabody
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peabody came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
  • Pearl Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Lake
  • Scone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scone

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Vesta to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vesta. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vesta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vesta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2741, Longitude: -81.1665    
<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 Vesta 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 Vesta 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 310.09 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.761 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.526 degrees.




 

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