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Welcome to Bay Shores ...

Bay Shores is located in Orange County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bay Shores: Bay Shrs.

Bay Shores is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Bay Shores lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Bay Shores ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bay Shores - they are located in New York and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bay Shores.

Websites for Bay Shores ...

Junior League:   www.jlocc.org/

Communities near Bay Shores ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bay Shores.

  • Long Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Anaheim
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Santa Ana
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Irvine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Huntington Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fullerton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Mission Viejo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Westminster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bay Shores. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bay Shores.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bay Shores. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay Shores.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Shores. See our Newspapers Page for Bay Shores.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bay Shores ...

Looking for more information about Bay Shores? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bay Shores, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bay Shores.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bay Shores - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.