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Curious and Interesting Names Near Les Petites Chutes ...
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.
- Angers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angers
- Camp Fortune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cascades
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascades
- Farm Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Farmer's Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Almond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hiawatha Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- High Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holland Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ironside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
- Kirk's Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lordsvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Manor Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Martins Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Peter's Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Queenswood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Les Petites Chutes 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 Les Petites Chutes to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Les Petites Chutes and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Les Petites Chutes to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,165 miles [6,702.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Les Petites Chutes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Les Petites Chutes 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 Les Petites Chutes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6658, Longitude: -75.6400 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.358 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.796 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.116 degrees. |
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