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Communities Also Named The Falls ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name The Falls.

Within Nova Scotia, the name The Falls is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other sixteen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This The Falls lies 3,441 miles [5,537.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • British Columbia
      • This The Falls lies 2,591 miles [4,169.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of The Falls.
    • Idaho
      • Washington 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 Idaho community of The Falls [Washington County].
    • Kansas
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of The Falls [Sumner County].
    • Maine
      • Hancock 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 Maine community of The Falls [Hancock County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This The Falls is located in Baltimore County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The Falls.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire 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 The Falls [Hampshire County].
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon 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 Michigan community of The Falls [Ontonagon County].
    • New York
      • Niagara 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 The Falls [Niagara County].
      • Tompkins 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 The Falls [Tompkins County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This The Falls is located in Wake County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of The Falls.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia 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 The Falls [Philadelphia County].
      • Wyoming County
      • This The Falls is located in Wyoming County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of The Falls.
    • Virginia
      • Nottoway 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 The Falls [Nottoway County].
      • Stafford County
      • This The Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of The Falls.
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This The Falls is located in Grant County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of The Falls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The 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.

  • Clydesdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clydesdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydesdale
  • Denmark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Diamond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Louisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Marshville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshville <6>
  • Mountain Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
  • Oliver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • River John
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers

How Far From The Falls to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Falls to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Falls to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,637 miles [5,853.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6392, Longitude: -63.2217    
<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 The Falls, 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 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 The 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 . 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>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.
<5>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.
<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 The Falls 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 298.555 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.098 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.936 degrees.




 

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