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Communities Also Named Maple Ridge ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Maple Ridge.

Within British Columbia, the name Maple Ridge is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these fifteen communities, five are located in Canada and twelve are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Gwinnett County and lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Cook County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Marion County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Norfolk County and lies 2,462 miles [3,962.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Michigan
      • Arenac County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arenac County community of Maple Ridge.
      • Delta 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 Michigan community of Maple Ridge [Delta County].
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti 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 Minnesota community of Maple Ridge [Isanti County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Maple Ridge lies 2,521 miles [4,057.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County and lies 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Ontario
      • This Maple Ridge lies 2,031 miles [3,268.6 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Somerset County and lies 2,193 miles [3,529.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Maple Ridge.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Maple Ridge is located in Berkeley County and lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Maple Ridge.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas 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 Wisconsin community of Maple Ridge [Douglas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Ridge ...

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.

  • Forest Knolls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Knolls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
  • Glen Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley
  • Hydro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hydro came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Livingstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstone
  • Silver Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
  • Silverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
  • Silverhill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
  • Steelhead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Ridge and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Maple Ridge to Victoria, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 2,170 miles [3,492.3 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 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

The official website for Maple Ridge: www.mapleridge.org/

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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- Maple Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maple Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2500, Longitude: -122.5000    
<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 Maple Ridge 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>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>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.
<5>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 Maple Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.081 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.753 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.736 degrees.




 

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