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How Far From Madeleine Centre 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 Madeleine Centre to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Madeleine Centre and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Madeleine Centre to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>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 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,627 miles [5,837.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Madeleine Centre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Madeleine Centre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1753, Longitude: -65.3435 |
| <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 Madeleine Centre to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.957 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.217 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.583 degrees. |
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