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Communities Also Named Gores Landing ...

We found one communities that share the name Gores Landing.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Gores Landing.

Beyond Ontario.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Gores Landing #1
      • 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 Ontario community of Gores Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gores Landing ...

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.

  • Assumption
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Cedar Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cold Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Dale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Garden Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
  • Hall Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hiawatha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Little Germany
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Perrytown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Precious Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Robin Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gores Landing and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 153 miles [246.2 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Gores Landing to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,329 miles [6,966.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gores Landing 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gores Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gores Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1194, Longitude: -78.2315    
<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 Gores Landing 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 308.205 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.615 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.126 degrees.









 

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