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Communities Also Named Tower Hill ...

We found five communities that share the name Tower Hill.

Within New Brunswick, the name Tower Hill is unique.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Shelby County
      • This Tower Hill is located in Shelby County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Tower Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Tower Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Tower Hill.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Tower Hill [Berrien County].
    • New York
      • Richmond 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 York community of Tower Hill [Richmond County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Tower Hill [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tower Hill ...

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.

  • Hayman Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayman Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayman Hill
  • Heathland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathland
  • Honeydale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeydale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeydale
  • Leverville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leverville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverville
  • Lower Tower Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Tower Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tower Hill
  • Lynnfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynnfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
  • Maxwell Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
  • Rollingdam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Tryon Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tryon Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Settlement
  • Upper Tower Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Tower Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Tower Hill
  • Valley Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Road

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tower Hill to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,232 miles [8,420.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,820 miles [6,147.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tower Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tower Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3167, Longitude: -67.2000    
<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 Tower Hill 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tower Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Tower Hill 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 301.085 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.852 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.095 degrees.









 

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