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Communities Also Named Cranberry ...

We found ten communities that share the name Cranberry.

Within Quebec, the name Cranberry is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Cranberry lies 2,415 miles [3,886.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Cranberry is located in Carroll County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cranberry.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence 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 New York community of Cranberry [Saint Lawrence County].
    • North Carolina
      • Avery County
      • This Cranberry is located in Avery County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Cranberry.
      • Mitchell 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 Carolina community of Cranberry [Mitchell County].
    • Ohio
      • Allen 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 Ohio community of Cranberry [Allen County].
    • Ontario
      • This Cranberry lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Cranberry is located in Luzerne County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Cranberry.
      • Venango County
      • This Cranberry is located in Venango County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Cranberry.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Cranberry is located in Raleigh County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Cranberry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranberry ...

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.

  • Castlebar
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castlebar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlebar
  • Ham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ham
  • New Ireland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Ireland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
  • Pidgeon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pidgeon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidgeon
  • Princeville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Reedsdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsdale
  • Rumpelville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rumpelville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumpelville
  • Woodside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cranberry to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 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 5,378 miles [8,655.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,977 miles [6,400.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cranberry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cranberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0703, Longitude: -71.4619    
<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 Cranberry 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 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 Cranberry 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 303.614 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.802 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.78 degrees.




 

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