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Communities Also Named Pine Springs ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Pine Springs.

Within Ontario, the name Pine Springs is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lamar County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Lamar County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Pine Springs.
    • Arizona
      • Apache County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Apache County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Pine Springs.
    • Kentucky
      • Grayson County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Grayson County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Pine Springs.
      • Rowan 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 Kentucky community of Pine Springs [Rowan County].
    • Minnesota
      • Washington County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Washington County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Springs.
    • Mississippi
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Lauderdale County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Pine Springs.
    • New Mexico
      • Torrance County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Torrance County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Torrance County community of Pine Springs.
    • Oklahoma
      • Atoka 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 Pine Springs [Atoka County].
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Knox County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Pine Springs.
    • Texas
      • Bowie County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Bowie County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Pine Springs.
      • Culberson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pine Springs [Culberson County].
      • Smith County
      • This Pine Springs is located in Smith County and lies 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pine Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine 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.

  • Bigwin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigwin
  • Brady Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
  • Buttermilk Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttermilk Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Falls
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buttermilk Falls <5>
  • Clear Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Point
  • Grandview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Grove Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Halls Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Lake
  • Horseshoe Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Hawk Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Hawk Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hawk Lake
  • Maple Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
  • Maple Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sea Breeze
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea Breeze came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Springs to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,316 miles [6,945.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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- Pine Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1347, Longitude: -78.8414    
<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 Pine 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 Pine 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pine 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 308.497 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.106 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.991 degrees.




 

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