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Communities Also Named Glenella ...

We found one communities that share the name Glenella.

Within Manitoba, the name Glenella is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, there is another community also named Glenella in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oklahoma
      • Garfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Glenella [Garfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenella ...

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.

  • Bluff Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
  • Eden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Elk Ranch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ranch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ranch
  • Grass River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass River
  • Mountain Road ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountain Road. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
  • Riding Mountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Bay
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Silver Ridge
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Glenella and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Glenella to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenella. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Glenella 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.
<2>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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Glenella) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.5574, Longitude: -99.1931    
<5>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.
<6>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 Glenella to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.604 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.763 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.608 degrees.









 

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