Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shelby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shelby and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shelby
- 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 Shelby:
- 43.611246, -86.363939
- 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 Shelby
- 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 Oceana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oceana County
- Since Shelby is near Muskegon County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Muskegon County
- eBird sighting report for Mason 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Shelby ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Shelby.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Shelby.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Allegan County
- Macomb County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Indiana
- Fountain County
- 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 Indiana community of Shelby [Fountain County].
- Lake County
- This Shelby is located in Lake County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Shelby that is located in Oceana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Shelby.
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- 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 Kentucky community of Shelby [Jefferson County].
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shelby [Pike County].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- This Shelby is located in Bolivar County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Shelby that is located in Oceana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Shelby.
- Claiborne County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Shelby [Claiborne County].
- Missouri
- Linn County
- This Shelby is located in Linn County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Shelby that is located in Oceana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Shelby.
- Oregon County
- This Shelby is located in Oregon County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km] to the south southwest of the Shelby that is located in Oceana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Shelby.
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Madison County
- This Shelby is located in Madison County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<3> to the southeast of the Shelby that is located in Oceana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Shelby.
- Montgomery County
- 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 Virginia community of Shelby [Montgomery County].
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelby ...
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.
- Crystal Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Valley
- Crystal Valley is located in Oceana County
- Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
- Ferry is located in Oceana County
- French Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- French Town is located in Oceana County
- Hart
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Hart is located in Oceana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <5>
- Little Point Sable
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Point Sable have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point Sable
- Little Point Sable is located in Oceana County
- Maple Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in Muskegon County
- New Era
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Era have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- New Era is located in Oceana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Era <5>
- Stony Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lake
- Stony Lake is located in Oceana County
How Far From Shelby to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Shelby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shelby and extending to:
- Hart, which is the Seat of Oceana County, lies just to the North.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Shelby to Lansing, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shelby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oceana County: www.oceana.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
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 Shelby 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shelby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Shelby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shelby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6112, Longitude: -86.3639 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Shelby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.56 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.584 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.396 degrees. |