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Communities Also Named Iron Springs ...

We found nine communities that share the name Iron Springs.

Within Alberta, the name Iron Springs is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Iron Springs.
    • Arkansas
      • Nevada County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Nevada County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Iron Springs.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Iron Springs.
    • Colorado
      • Otero 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 Colorado community of Iron Springs [Otero County].
      • San Miguel County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in San Miguel County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Iron Springs.
    • Idaho
      • Iron Springs #
      • This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Iron Springs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Adams County and lies 1,843 miles [2,966 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Iron Springs.
    • Utah
      • Iron County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Iron County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Iron Springs.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Iron Springs is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Iron Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron Springs ...

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.

  • Champion
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Champion came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Chin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chin
  • Coaldale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaldale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coaldale <5>
  • Diamond City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
  • Enchant
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enchant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchant
  • Maybutt ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybutt
  • Monarch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monarch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Picture Butte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Iron Springs to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,274 miles [8,487.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iron Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9281, Longitude: -112.6860    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Iron Springs 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 Iron Springs, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Iron Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.108 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.64 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.228 degrees.




 

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