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Communities Also Named Salt Springs ...

We found seven communities that share the name Salt Springs.

There are two communities within Nova Scotia that are also named Salt Springs.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, three are located in Canada and four are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Salt Springs #1
      • This Salt Springs lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • The profile page for Salt Springs #2
      • This Salt Springs lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Salt Springs is located in Marion County and lies 1,550 miles [2,494.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Salt Springs.
    • Kansas
      • Greenwood 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 Kansas community of Salt Springs [Greenwood County].
    • Michigan
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Salt Springs.
    • Missouri
      • Saline County
      • This Salt Springs is located in Saline County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Salt Springs.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Salt Springs lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the west.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Salt 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.

  • Beaver Meadow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
  • Beaver Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Mountain
  • Cloverville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverville
  • Clydesdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydesdale
  • Dagger Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dagger Woods came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagger Woods
  • Glen Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Road
  • Glenroy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenroy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Harbour Centre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • James River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for James River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River
  • Lower South River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower South River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower South River
  • Pitchers Farm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pitchers Farm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchers Farm
  • Post Road
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Road
  • Williams Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Point

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Salt Springs to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 38 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,003 miles [8,051.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,585 miles [5,769.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Salt Springs. 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' (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- Salt Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salt Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6050, Longitude: -61.9993    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Salt 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 Salt 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>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 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 Salt 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 297.815 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.27 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.362 degrees.




 

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