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Curious and Interesting Names Near Turn Up Juniper ...
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.
- Big Willow Bed
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Davis House
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Head
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- English Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Job's Room
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johny's Cabin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Penney's Room
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Room's Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Turn Up Juniper 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 Turn Up Juniper to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Turn Up Juniper and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Turn Up Juniper to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 54 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 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 5,357 miles [8,621.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,236 miles [5,207.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turn Up Juniper) 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 Turn Up Juniper 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 Turn Up Juniper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.6167, Longitude: -57.2667 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 292.747 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.934 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 286.927 degrees. |
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