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Curious and Interesting Names Near Petit Carleton ...
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.
- Clapperton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Craig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Eel River Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heron Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hickey Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Mountain Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Side
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Side
How Far From Petit Carleton 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 Petit Carleton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Petit Carleton and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Petit Carleton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,088 miles [8,188.3 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 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,688 miles [5,935.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Petit Carleton) 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 Petit Carleton 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 Petit Carleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1244, Longitude: -66.0850 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.717 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.855 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.712 degrees. |
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