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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 Shenandoah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shenandoah and the surrounding area.
- 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 Shenandoah:
- 40.765952, -95.376058
- 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 Shenandoah
- 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Since Shenandoah is near Fremont County and also Mills County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mills 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 Shenandoah
Communities Also Named Shenandoah ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Shenandoah.
Within Iowa, the name Shenandoah is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Shenandoah is located in Arapahoe County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Shenandoah.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Shenandoah is located in New Castle County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Shenandoah.
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- This Shenandoah is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Shenandoah.
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Shenandoah is located in Columbia County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Shenandoah.
- Coweta 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 Georgia community of Shenandoah [Coweta County].
- DeKalb County
- This Shenandoah is located in DeKalb County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km] to the southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Shenandoah.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Shenandoah is located in Will County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Shenandoah.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Shenandoah.
- Ouachita Parish
- This Shenandoah is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 597 miles [960.8 km] to the south southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Shenandoah.
- New York
- Dutchess County
- This Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Shenandoah.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Shenandoah is located in Cumberland County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Shenandoah.
- Ohio
- Richland County
- This Shenandoah is located in Richland County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Shenandoah.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Shenandoah is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Shenandoah.
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- This Shenandoah is located in Bradley County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Shenandoah.
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- This Shenandoah is located in Montgomery County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the south of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Shenandoah.
- Virginia
- Hopewell City
- 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 Virginia community of Shenandoah [Hopewell City].
- Montgomery County
- This Shenandoah is located in Montgomery County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Shenandoah.
- Page County
- This Shenandoah is located in Page County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km] to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Shenandoah.
- Prince William County
- This Shenandoah is located in Prince William County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km] to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Shenandoah.
- Stafford County
- This Shenandoah is located in Stafford County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east of the Shenandoah that is located in Page County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Shenandoah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shenandoah ...
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.
- Clark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Climax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Coin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- College Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Farmers City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- High Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Page Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Page Center is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Shenandoah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Shenandoah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shenandoah and extending to:
- Clarinda, which is the Seat of Page County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Shenandoah to Clarinda, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,262 miles [11,687.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 from Point A (ie- Shenandoah) 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 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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7660, Longitude: -95.3761 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.671 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.185 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.735 degrees. |
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