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Communities Also Named Picard ...

We found two communities that share the name Picard.

Within Quebec, the name Picard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Picard [Siskiyou County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Picard [Raleigh County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Picard ...

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.

  • Boat Landing Camp
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boat Landing Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Landing Camp
    • Boat Landing Camp is located in Aroostook County (ME)
  • Grand Bras
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bras came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bras
  • Holliday
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holliday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Saint Louis du Ha! Ha!
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Louis du Ha! Ha! came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis du Ha! Ha!

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Picard and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 327 miles [526.3 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Picard to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,247 miles [8,444.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,850 miles [6,196 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Picard 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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>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 from Point A (ie- Picard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Picard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5033, Longitude: -69.5114    
<5>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.
<6>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 Picard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.081 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.353 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.935 degrees.




 

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