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Communities Also Named Greenbank ...

We found four communities that share the name Greenbank.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Greenbank.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Greenbank #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 Greenbank.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Greenbank is located in New Castle County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Greenbank.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Greenbank [Lancaster County].
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Greenbank is located in Island County and lies 2,074 miles [3,337.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Greenbank.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbank ...

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.

  • Cedar Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Shores came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
  • Fingerboard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Honey's Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey's Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey's Beach
  • Marsh Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pine Point ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Prince Albert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prince Albert came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Albert
  • Prospect
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Seagrave
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunrise Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
  • Sunset View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
  • Wick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenbank to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenbank. 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 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 Greenbank 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>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 from Point A (ie- Greenbank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenbank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1525, Longitude: -79.0150    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Greenbank 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 308.705 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.182 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.50 degrees.









 

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