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Communities Also Named Harmony Junction ...

We found two communities that are also named Harmony Junction.

There is one other community in Prince Edward Island that is also named Harmony Junction.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, there is another community also named Harmony Junction in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Harmony Junction is located in Butler County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Harmony Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Junction ...

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.

  • Bear River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Big Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
  • Clearspring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hermanville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Little Harbour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Harmony
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • New Zealand
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Priest Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Harmony Junction to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 37 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,573 miles [5,750.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Harmony Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Harmony Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harmony Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4167, Longitude: -62.2667    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.752 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.356 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.912 degrees.