We found six communities that share the name Windfall.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Windfall.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other five communities are located in the United States.
This Windfall lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Tipton County
This Windfall is located in Tipton County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Windfall.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Windfall is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Windfall.
Ohio
Medina County
This Windfall is located in Medina County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Windfall.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Windfall is located in Bradford County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Windfall.
McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Windfall [McKean County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windfall ...
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.
Blink Bonnie (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blink Bonnie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Windfall to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windfall and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Windfall to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Windfall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Windfall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2260, Longitude: -80.6216
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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 Windfall 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Windfall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.813 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.286 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.667 degrees.