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Curious and Interesting Names Near Les Petites Piles ...
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.
- Dieppe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dieppe
- Hunterstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Louiseville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
How Far From Les Petites Piles to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Piles 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 Piles and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Les Petites Piles to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,404 miles [8,696.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,009 miles [6,451.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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- Les Petites Piles) 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 Piles 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 Piles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6475, Longitude: -72.6917 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.302 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.669 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.094 degrees. |
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