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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 Springvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Springvale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Springvale:
    • 43.465331, -70.796642
    • 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 Springvale
  • 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 Springvale is near Strafford County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Springvale

Communities Also Named Springvale ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Springvale.

Within Maine, the name Springvale is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Randolph County
      • This Springvale is located in Randolph County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Springvale.
    • Kansas
      • Pratt County
      • This Springvale is located in Pratt County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<1> to the west of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pratt County community of Springvale.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Springvale is located in Washington County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Springvale.
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • This Springvale is located in Isanti County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isanti County community of Springvale.
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Pulaski County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Springvale.
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This Springvale is located in Chenango County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Springvale.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Springvale is located in Clermont County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Springvale.
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan 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 Oklahoma community of Springvale [Logan County].
    • Ontario
      • This Springvale lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the west of the Springvale that is located in York County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Springvale is located in York County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Springvale.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Springvale lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Springvale that is located in York County.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Springvale is located in Hamblen County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Springvale.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Springvale is located in Hamilton County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the west southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Springvale.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Springvale is located in Fairfax County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Springvale that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Springvale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Springvale ...

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.

  • Alewife
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alewife is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alewife
  • Five Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Five Corners is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Grays Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grays Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
  • Highpine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Highpine is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpine
  • Hobbs Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobbs Crossing is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossing
  • Parsonage Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Parsonage Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Corner
  • Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Nook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Nook is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
  • Town House
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Town House is located in Strafford County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town House
  • Union
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Carroll County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Falls is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Falls

How Far From Springvale 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 Springvale to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the East.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Springvale to Augusta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 452 miles [727.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,037 miles [6,496.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Springvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Springvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Springvale 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Springvale 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 Springvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4653, Longitude: -70.7966    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.643 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.386 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.873 degrees.