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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 Shell Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach:
    • 29.852070, -89.680919
    • 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 Shell Beach
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Saint Bernard Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish
    • Since Shell Beach is near Plaquemines Parish and also Orleans Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plaquemines Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
  • 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 Shell Beach

Communities Also Named Shell Beach ...

We found four communities that are also named Shell Beach.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Shell Beach.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Vermilion Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Shell Beach [Vermilion Parish].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Shell Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shell Beach that is located in Saint Bernard Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Shell Beach.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Shell Beach is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Shell Beach that is located in Saint Bernard Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Shell Beach.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Shell Beach is located in Fairfield County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Shell Beach that is located in Saint Bernard Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Shell Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shell Beach ...

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.

  • Cypress Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Frances Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Frances Place is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Place
  • Little Rock ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Rock is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Mohawk City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
  • Port Nickel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Port Nickel is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Nickel
  • River Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • River Bend is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
  • Story
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Story Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Story Park is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Park
  • Venetian Isles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Venetian Isles is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Isles
  • Violet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wood Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wood Lake is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake

How Far From Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chalmette, which is the Seat of Saint Bernard Parish, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shell Beach to Chalmette, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 951 miles [1,530.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,552 miles [12,153.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,431 miles [8,740.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Shell Beach 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 parish. 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shell Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8521, Longitude: -89.6809    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.077 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.414 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.084 degrees.