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Communities Also Named Wendover ...

We found five communities that share the name Wendover.

Within Ontario, the name Wendover is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Leslie County
      • This Wendover is located in Leslie County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Wendover.
    • Nevada
      • Elko 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 Nevada community of Wendover [Elko County].
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This Wendover is located in Tooele County and lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of Wendover.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Wendover [Laramie County].
      • Platte 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 Wyoming community of Wendover [Platte County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wendover ...

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.

  • Centrefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centrefield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrefield
  • Clarence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Glenburn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
  • Jessups Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessups Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessups Falls
  • Rockdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Rockland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockland <5>
  • Silver Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Treadwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treadwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell

How Far From Wendover to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wendover to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wendover to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,148 miles [6,675.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wendover. 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 '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- Wendover) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wendover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5492, Longitude: -75.1173    
<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 Wendover 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>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 Wendover, 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>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.
<7>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 Wendover to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.037 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.417 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.908 degrees.




 

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