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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 Shelter Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shelter Cove 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 Shelter Cove:
    • 40.032576, -124.072216
    • 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 Shelter Cove
  • 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 Shelter Cove ...

We found three communities that share the name Shelter Cove.

There is one other community in California which is also named Shelter Cove.

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

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Mateo County
      • This Shelter Cove is located in San Mateo County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Shelter Cove that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Shelter Cove.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Shelter Cove [Ocean County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Shelter Cove is located in Beaufort County and lies 2,453 miles [3,947.7 km]<1> to the east of the Shelter Cove that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Shelter Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelter Cove ...

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.

  • Bull Creek ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
    • Bull Creek is located in Humboldt County
  • Cooks Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Valley
    • Cooks Valley is located in Humboldt County
  • Fruitland
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Fruitland is located in Humboldt County
  • Harris
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Humboldt County
  • Honeydew
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hunter Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
    • Hunter Place is located in Humboldt County
  • Kenny
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenny have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
    • Kenny is located in Mendocino County
  • Pratt Place
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratt Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Place
    • Pratt Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Thorn Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorn Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Junction
    • Thorn Junction is located in Humboldt County

How Far From Shelter Cove 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 Shelter Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Shelter Cove to Eureka, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,478 miles [3,988 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,296 miles [11,741.8 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 8,060 miles [12,971.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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- Shelter Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shelter Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0326, Longitude: -124.0722    
<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 Shelter Cove 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Shelter Cove 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 341.821 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.197 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.193 degrees.




 

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