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Communities Also Named South Haven ...

We found eleven communities that share the name South Haven.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named South Haven.

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Porter County
      • This South Haven is located in Porter County and lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of South Haven.
      • Wabash County
      • This South Haven is located in Wabash County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of South Haven.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • This South Haven is located in Sumner County and lies 1,981 miles [3,188.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of South Haven.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This South Haven is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of South Haven.
    • Michigan
      • Van Buren County
      • This South Haven is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of South Haven.
    • Minnesota
      • Wright County
      • This South Haven is located in Wright County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of South Haven.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This South Haven is located in Suffolk County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of South Haven.
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • This South Haven is located in Wayne County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of South Haven.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa 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 Oklahoma community of South Haven [Tulsa County].
    • Texas
      • Howard County
      • This South Haven is located in Howard County and lies 2,360 miles [3,798.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of South Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Haven ...

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.

  • Big Bank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bank
  • Big Harbour
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Harbour
  • Big Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
  • Englishtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Goose Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Cove
  • Island Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Point
  • Murray
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Rear Big Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Big Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Big Hill
  • Rear Forks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Forks

How Far From South Haven to ...

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 South Haven to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from South Haven to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 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 5,630 miles [9,060.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,506 miles [5,642.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Haven) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2083, Longitude: -60.5939    
<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 South Haven 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 South Haven to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 296.777 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.236 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.226 degrees.




 

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