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How Far From Saint Edmond Les Plaines 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 Saint Edmond Les Plaines to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Saint Edmond Les Plaines and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Edmond Les Plaines to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 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 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,929 miles [6,323.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Edmond Les Plaines) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Edmond Les Plaines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9191, Longitude: -72.5536 |
| <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 Saint Edmond Les Plaines 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 303.798 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.507 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.746 degrees. |
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