Pennington (British Columbia) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Pennington ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Pennington.

Within British Columbia, the name Pennington is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Choctaw County
  - This Pennington is located in Choctaw County and lies 2,852 miles [4,589.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Pennington.
- Arkansas
  - Jackson County
  - This Pennington is located in Jackson County and lies 2,562 miles [4,123.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pennington.
- California
  - Sutter County
  - This Pennington is located in Sutter County and lies 1,536 miles [2,472 km]<1> to the south southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Pennington.
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - This Pennington is located in New Castle County and lies 2,857 miles [4,597.9 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Pennington.
- Georgia
  - Morgan County
  - This Pennington is located in Morgan County and lies 2,927 miles [4,710.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Pennington.
  - Sumter County
  - This Pennington is located in Sumter County and lies 2,985 miles [4,803.9 km] to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pennington.
- Kansas
  - Pennington #
  - 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 Kansas community of Pennington.
- Minnesota
  - Beltrami County
  - This Pennington is located in Beltrami County and lies 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beltrami County community of Pennington.
- New Jersey
  - Mercer 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 New Jersey community of Pennington [Mercer County].
- New Mexico
  - Union County
  - This Pennington is located in Union County and lies 2,139 miles [3,442.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pennington.
- North Carolina
  - Stanly 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 North Carolina community of Pennington [Stanly County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Huntingdon County
  - This Pennington is located in Huntingdon County and lies 2,721 miles [4,379 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Pennington.
- South Dakota
  - Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Pennington [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
  - Trinity County
  - This Pennington is located in Trinity County and lies 2,687 miles [4,324.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Pennington.
- Virginia
  - Lee 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 Virginia community of Pennington [Lee County].
- Wisconsin
  - Oneida 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 Pennington [Oneida County].
  - Price County
  - This Pennington is located in Price County and lies 2,056 miles [3,308.8 km]<1> to the east.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Price County community of Pennington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pennington ...

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.

Log Cabin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Cabin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
Teepee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teepee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teepee
Ten Mile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile

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

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

Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pennington to Victoria, with an average speed<4>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 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,568 miles [4,132.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 101 days and walking would take 146 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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- Pennington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pennington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.9667, Longitude: -134.9000
<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 Pennington 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 Pennington 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 351.62 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 355.037 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 335.396 degrees.