Thornhill

Worth seeing in and around Thornhill

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   David Dunlap Observatory

   The David Dunlap Observatory is an astronomical observatory site in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1935, it was owned and operated by the University of Toronto until 2008.

   5.3 km · astronomical observatory in Ontario Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mel Lastman Square

   Mel Lastman Square is a public square at North York Civic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after then North York mayor Mel Lastman.

   5.3 km · square in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   York Cemetery, Toronto

   York Cemetery is a cemetery located in the North York area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries.

   5.5 km · cemetery in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tyndale University

   Tyndale University is a Canadian private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Toronto, Ontario, which offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Tyndale students come from over 40 different Christian denominations.

   3.3 km · Evangelical Christian college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Richmond Hill Centre Terminal

   Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in downtown Richmond Hill, but is situated 4 km to the south at the city's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection.

   2.8 km · bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario · Wikipedia
6. 06
   North York Central Library

   North York Central Library is a Toronto Public Library branch located in North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the two libraries in the Toronto public library system considered to be "Research and Reference Libraries", the other being the Toronto Reference Library in the city's downtown core.

   5.3 km · library branch located in North York, Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Cross Cemetery

   Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto.

   2 km · cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Centerpoint Mall

   Centerpoint Mall is a shopping mall located in Newtonbrook, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the southwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Yonge Street at the boundary of Toronto. It contains 59,005 square metres of retail space.

   2.1 km · shopping centre on Toronto's border with York Region · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Gibson House

   Gibson House is a historical museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Yonge Street, in the North York Centre neighbourhood of the former city of North York.

   5.1 km · historical museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto

    Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, also known as the BAYT, is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Toronto suburb of Thornhill, Ontario, and is one of the largest Orthodox synagogues in North America. The synagogue attracts Jews from a variety of religious backgrounds with what it calls the "warmth of Torah tradition".

    2 km · Orthodox synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thornhill

Airports

Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 23 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 82 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 112 km

Stations

Finch, 3.8 km · North York Centre, 5.2 km · Langstaff GO Station, 2.6 km · Old Cummer GO Station, 4.9 km

• Hamilton → Thornhill

  13907 km · quickest by air, 29h 11m · NZ$3,050–4,720
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• Windsor → Thornhill

  337 km · quickest by air, 4h 42m · C$140–220
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• Ottawa → Thornhill

  344 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · C$150–240
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