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Curious and Interesting Names Near Place Versailles ...
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.
- Crabtree
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Crystal Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Look Out Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lorraine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Louiseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Loyal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Place Versailles 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 Place Versailles to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Place Versailles and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Place Versailles to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,459 miles [8,785.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,063 miles [6,538.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Place Versailles) 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 Place Versailles 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 Place Versailles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9900, Longitude: -73.4481 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.898 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.22 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.835 degrees. |
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