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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 Boiling Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boiling Springs 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 Boiling Springs:
    • 40.149812, -77.128313
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Boiling Springs
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Boiling Springs is near York County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Boiling Springs

Communities Also Named Boiling Springs ...

We found ten communities that are also named Boiling Springs.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Boiling Springs is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Calhoun County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Boiling Springs.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Wilcox County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km] to the southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Boiling Springs.
    • Arkansas
      • Pope County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boiling Springs [Pope County].
    • New Jersey
      • Essex 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 Jersey community of Boiling Springs [Essex County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Boiling Springs.
      • Cleveland County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km] to the southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Boiling Springs.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Barnwell County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnwell County community of Boiling Springs.
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Spartanburg County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km] to the southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Boiling Springs.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Boiling Springs [Montgomery County].
      • Putnam County
      • This Boiling Springs is located in Putnam County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boiling Springs that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Boiling Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boiling 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.

  • Allen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Allen is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Beavertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beavertown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
  • Bonny Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonny Brook is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Brook
  • Churchtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Churchtown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Craighead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Craighead is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
  • Drytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Drytown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
  • Hickorytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickorytown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
  • Homewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Homewood is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Locust Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Point is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
  • Middlesex
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
  • Williams Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove

How Far From Boiling Springs 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 Boiling Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Boiling Springs to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,848 miles [9,411.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Boiling Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Boiling Springs, 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 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 Boiling 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 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Boiling Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boiling Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1498, Longitude: -77.1283       In this case, the coordinates for Boiling Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.858 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.598 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.262 degrees.