Johnson's Crossing (Yukon) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Johnson's Crossing ...

We found three communities that share the name Johnson's Crossing.

Within Yukon, the name Johnson's Crossing is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Cullman County
  - This Johnson's Crossing is located in Cullman County and lies 2,745 miles [4,417.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Johnson's Crossing.
- Indiana
  - Madison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Johnson's Crossing [Madison County].
- North Carolina
  - Chatham County
  - This Johnson's Crossing is located in Chatham County and lies 2,902 miles [4,670.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Johnson's Crossing.

How Far From Johnson's Crossing 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 Johnson's Crossing to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnson's Crossing and extending to:

Whitehorse, which is the Territorial Capital of Yukon, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Johnson's Crossing to Whitehorse, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,511 miles [4,041.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 98 days and walking would take 143 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the north (N).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Yukon Territory: www.gov.yk.ca/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson's Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnson's Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 60.4833, Longitude: -133.2833
<2>	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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Johnson's Crossing 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.
<3>	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.
<4>	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 Johnson's Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 350.247 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 353.526 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 334.136 degrees.