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Communities Also Named McNeil ...

We found six communities that share the name McNeil.

Within Quebec, the name McNeil is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This McNeil is located in Columbia County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of McNeil.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This McNeil is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of McNeil.
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore 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 Mississippi community of McNeil [Leflore County].
      • Pearl River County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of McNeil [Pearl River County].
    • Texas
      • Caldwell County
      • This McNeil is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of McNeil.
      • Travis County
      • This McNeil is located in Travis County and lies 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of McNeil.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McNeil ...

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.

  • Christieville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christieville
  • Crystal Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
  • Gordonville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
  • Grace Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Park
  • Lakeview
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Laurel Station
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Station
  • Look Out Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Look Out Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Look Out Park
  • Lost River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Mount Loyal
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Loyal
  • Sir John Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sir John Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir John Lake
  • Spring Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McNeil to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 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' (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- McNeil) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McNeil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0167, Longitude: -74.1833    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 McNeil 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 McNeil 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 305.368 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.748 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.197 degrees.









 

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