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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 West Shore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West 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 West Shore:
    • 39.290400, -75.608000
    • 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 West Shore
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since West Shore is near New Castle County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 West Shore

Communities Also Named West Shore ...

We found five communities that are also named West Shore.

Within Delaware, the name West Shore is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This West Shore is located in New Haven County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Shore that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of West Shore.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This West Shore is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the west of the West Shore that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of West Shore.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This West Shore is located in Harford County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Shore that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of West Shore.
    • Montana
      • Lake 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 Montana community of West Shore [Lake County].
    • Washington
      • Skagit County
      • This West Shore is located in Skagit County and lies 2,380 miles [3,830.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Shore that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of West Shore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West 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.

  • Big Oak Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Big Oak Corners is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak Corners
  • Bombay Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bombay Woods is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay Woods
  • Brick Store
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Brick Store is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Store
  • Duck Creek Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Duck Creek Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Landing
  • Gardenside
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gardenside is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
  • Green Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Spring is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Green Spring Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Spring Farm is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Farm
  • Hickory Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Lakeshore Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lawndale is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Long Point Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Long Point Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Landing
  • Mallards Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mallards Run is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallards Run
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Plantation Crossing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Plantation Crossing is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Crossing
    • Ravenwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Ravenwood is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Ryans Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ryans Run is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Run
    • Sunnyside Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
    • Wind Song Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Wind Song Farms is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Song Farms
    • Windy Way
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Way is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Way

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Shore to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Shore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West 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 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.
<4>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 West Shore 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 West Shore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2904, Longitude: -75.6080       In this case, the coordinates for West Shore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.021 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.513 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.958 degrees.