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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 North Shore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Shore 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 North Shore:
    • 34.268061, -117.184208
    • 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 North Shore
  • 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 North Shore ...

We found 21 communities that share the name North Shore.

There is one other community in California which is also named North Shore.

Beyond California, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, seventeen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Riverside County
      • This North Shore is located in Riverside County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the southeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of North Shore.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This North Shore is located in Duval County and lies 2,079 miles [3,345.8 km]<1> to the east of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of North Shore.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This North Shore is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km] to the east of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of North Shore.
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This North Shore is located in McHenry County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of North Shore.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This North Shore is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the east of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of North Shore.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This North Shore is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,259 miles [3,635.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of North Shore.
      • Frederick County
      • This North Shore is located in Frederick County and lies 2,213 miles [3,561.5 km] to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of North Shore.
    • Minnesota
      • Todd County
      • This North Shore is located in Todd County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of North Shore.
    • Nebraska
      • Dakota County
      • This North Shore is located in Dakota County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of North Shore.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Shore lies 3,313 miles [5,331.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph County
      • This North Shore is located in Randolph County and lies 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of North Shore.
      • Wake County
      • This North Shore is located in Wake County and lies 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km] to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of North Shore.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of North Shore.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This North Shore is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,068 miles [3,328.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of North Shore.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This North Shore lies 2,905 miles [4,675.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
    • South Dakota
      • Codington County
      • This North Shore is located in Codington County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Codington County community of North Shore.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This North Shore is located in Harris County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km]<1> to the east of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of North Shore.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • This North Shore is located in Franklin County and lies 2,100 miles [3,379.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of North Shore.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jefferson County
      • This North Shore is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Shore that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of North Shore.
      • Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of North Shore [Milwaukee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Shore ...

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.

  • Blue Jay
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Crest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Crestline
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Green Valley Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Running Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyforest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Skyland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
    • Skyland is located in San Bernardino County
  • Smiley Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Park
    • Smiley Park is located in San Bernardino County
  • Twin Peaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)

How Far From North Shore 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 North Shore to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Shore to San Bernardino, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,528 miles [12,115.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,297 miles [13,352.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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 from Point A (ie- North Shore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Shore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2681, Longitude: -117.1842       In this case, the coordinates for North Shore 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 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 North Shore 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 North Shore 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 335.395 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.131 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.023 degrees.




 

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