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39.348440, -76.657747
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We found 39 communities that share the name Cold Spring.
Within Maryland, the name Cold Spring is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Sierra County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cold Spring [Sierra County].
Colorado
Custer County
This Cold Spring is located in Custer County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Cold Spring.
Indiana
Dearborn County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cold Spring [Dearborn County].
Kansas
Allen County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Allen County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Cold Spring.
Kentucky
Campbell County
This Cold Spring is located in Campbell County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Cold Spring.
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
This Cold Spring is located in Berkshire County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<2> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Cold Spring.
Franklin County
This Cold Spring is located in Franklin County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cold Spring.
Hampshire County
This Cold Spring is located in Hampshire County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Cold Spring.
Middlesex County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cold Spring [Middlesex County].
Minnesota
Stearns County
This Cold Spring is located in Stearns County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Cold Spring.
Montana
Jefferson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cold Spring [Jefferson County].
Rosebud County
This Cold Spring is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,587 miles [2,554 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Cold Spring.
Nevada
Lincoln County
This Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Cold Spring.
Washoe County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Washoe County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Cold Spring.
New Hampshire
Belknap County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Cold Spring [Belknap County].
New Jersey
Cape May County
This Cold Spring is located in Cape May County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Cold Spring.
New York
Cattaraugus County
This Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Cold Spring.
Cayuga County
This Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Cold Spring.
Onondaga County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Onondaga County].
Putnam County
This Cold Spring is located in Putnam County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cold Spring.
Queens County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Queens County].
Steuben County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Steuben County].
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Cold Spring is located in Bradford County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Cold Spring.
Chester County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Chester County].
Franklin County
This Cold Spring is located in Franklin County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cold Spring.
Huntingdon County
This Cold Spring is located in Huntingdon County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Cold Spring.
Lebanon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Lebanon County].
Wayne County
This Cold Spring is located in Wayne County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cold Spring.
York County
This Cold Spring is located in York County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Cold Spring.
South Carolina
Abbeville County
This Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Abbeville County community of Cold Spring.
Edgefield County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cold Spring [Edgefield County].
Spartanburg County
This Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Cold Spring.
Tennessee
Bledsoe County
This Cold Spring is located in Bledsoe County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bledsoe County community of Cold Spring.
Johnson County
This Cold Spring is located in Johnson County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Cold Spring.
Sullivan County
This Cold Spring is located in Sullivan County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cold Spring.
Vermont
Rutland County
This Cold Spring is located in Rutland County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Cold Spring.
Virginia
Augusta County
This Cold Spring is located in Augusta County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Cold Spring.
Carroll County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cold Spring [Carroll County].
Wisconsin
Jefferson County
This Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cold Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cold Spring ...
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.
Bare Hills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bare Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Cold Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cold Spring and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Cold Spring to Annapolis, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 37 miles [59.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Cold Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cold Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cold Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3484, Longitude: -76.6577 In this case, the coordinates for Cold Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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 Cold Spring 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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Cold Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.635 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.22 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.378 degrees.