Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Kentucky
• Level 2: Russell County

Current local time in Salem:

10:43 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Salem on map:^[1]

Salem GPS coordinates^[2]

37° 4' 8.256" North, 84° 59' 7.836" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	37.62791°,	-85.68864°
Center:	37.06896°,	-84.98551°
Lower-right:	36.50586°,	-84.28239°
Map W x H:	124.8×124.8 km	= 77.5×77.5mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑65.9% North
Salem:	37.06896°
min Lat:	⇓34.1% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Salem	max Long
-171.73463°	-84.98551°	-66.98998°
W 55.9%⇐		⇒44.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Salem is 301 m = 988 ft, and this is 6.2 m = 20 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	27.1%
Salem	301 m 988 ft
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	72.9%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Salem is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1515.8 km =941.9 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Salem
North Pole	5885.4	3657	to North
Arctic Circle	3279.5	2037.8	to North
Tropic Cancer	1515.8	941.9	to South
Equator	4121.7	2561.1	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Salem: (largest is in red/bold)

• Albany 44.1 km =27.4 mi, 197°
• Burkesville 46.2 km =28.7 mi, 227°
• Burnside 35.4 km =22 mi, 104°
• Byrdstown 56.4 km =35 mi, 193°
• Campbellsville 43.9 km =27.3 mi, 314°
• Columbia 28.7 km =17.8 mi, 277°
• Edmonton 56.5 km =35.1 mi, 259°
• Ferguson 34.2 km =21.3 mi, 90°
• Greensburg 50.2 km =31.2 mi, 295°
• Jamestown 11.6 km =7.2 mi, 216°
• Liberty 28 km =17.4 mi, 8°
• Monticello 29.2 km =18.1 mi, 155°
• Russell Springs 9.3 km =5.8 mi, 261°
• Science Hill 33.3 km =20.7 mi, 68°
• Somerset 33.9 km =21.1 mi, 85°