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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Salmon Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salmon Falls and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Salmon Falls:
- 43.596192, -70.553665
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Salmon Falls
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Salmon Falls is near Cumberland County and also Oxford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Salmon Falls
Communities Also Named Salmon Falls ...
We found four communities that are also named Salmon Falls.
There is one other community in Maine that is also named Salmon Falls.
Beyond Maine, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Maine ...
- Washington 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 Maine community of Salmon Falls [Washington County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Salmon Falls [El Dorado County].
- Idaho
- Blaine 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 Idaho community of Salmon Falls [Blaine County].
- New Hampshire
- Strafford 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 New Hampshire community of Salmon Falls [Strafford County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salmon Falls ...
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.
- Airport Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Airport Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Alewife
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alewife is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alewife
- Bonny Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Eagle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Eagle
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chicopee is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Danish Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Danish Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Village
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Grand Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grand Beach is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Groveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Groveville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Lake Arrowhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ocean Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Roberts Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
- Sandy Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Brook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Brook
- Surfside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Surfside is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside
- Two Trails
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Two Trails is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Trails
- Union Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Union Falls is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Falls
How Far From Salmon Falls to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Salmon Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Salmon Falls and extending to:
- Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Salmon Falls to Alfred, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,022 miles [6,472.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 Salmon Falls 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 county. 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> | 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 Salmon Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Salmon Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Salmon Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salmon Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5962, Longitude: -70.5537 In this case, the coordinates for Salmon Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.474 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.218 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.689 degrees. |
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