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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 Salem Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salem Heights 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 Salem Heights:
    • 40.900892, -80.890919
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Salem Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Salem Heights ...

We found four communities that share the name Salem Heights.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Salem Heights.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Hamilton County
      • This Salem Heights is located in Hamilton County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Salem Heights that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Salem Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Salem Heights is located in LaPorte County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the west of the Salem Heights that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Salem Heights.
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of Salem Heights [Marion County].
    • Virginia
      • Salem City
      • This Salem Heights is located in Salem City and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the south of the Salem Heights that is located in Columbiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Salem Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Salem Heights ...

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.

  • Alliance Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance Junction
    • Alliance Junction is located in Mahoning County
  • Christytown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christytown
    • Christytown is located in Mahoning County
  • Damascus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Dublin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Mahoning County
  • Hickory Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
    • Hickory Corners is located in Mahoning County
  • Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
    • Island is located in Mahoning County
  • Locust Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Mahoning County
  • Longs Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longs Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossing
    • Longs Crossing is located in Columbiana County
  • Maple Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
    • Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
  • New Garden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
    • New Garden is located in Columbiana County
  • Reading
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
    • Reading is located in Columbiana County
  • Toots Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toots Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toots Corners
    • Toots Corners is located in Mahoning County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Unionville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Unionville is located in Columbiana County
    • Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
      • Valley is located in Columbiana County
    • Willow Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
      • Willow Grove is located in Columbiana County
    • Yankee Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Crossing
      • Yankee Crossing is located in Mahoning County

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

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

  • Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Salem Heights to Lisbon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Columbiana County: www.columbianacounty.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Salem Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salem Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9009, Longitude: -80.8909       In this case, the coordinates for Salem Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Salem Heights 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Salem Heights 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 310.12 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.278 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.665 degrees.




 

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