RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Province of Quebec >> Bearn >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...
















Curious and Interesting Names Near Bearn ...

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.

  • Buffalo Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Rock
  • Button's Corners
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button's Corners
  • Cobalt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Judge
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
  • Maidens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maidens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidens
  • Pieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieville
  • Rib Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rib Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
  • Silver Centre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Centre

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bearn and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 215 miles [346 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Bearn to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,630 miles [9,060.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,256 miles [6,849.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bearn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Bearn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bearn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2833, Longitude: -79.3333    
<4>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.
<5>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 Bearn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.589 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.554 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.29 degrees.









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024