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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 Shoreham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shoreham 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 Shoreham:
- 46.757459, -95.898939
- 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 Shoreham
- 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 Becker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Becker County
- Since Shoreham is near Otter Tail County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otter Tail County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Shoreham
Communities Also Named Shoreham ...
We found four communities that are also named Shoreham.
There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named Shoreham.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Shoreham [Hennepin County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This Shoreham is located in Berrien County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Shoreham that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Shoreham.
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Shoreham is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Shoreham that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Shoreham.
- Vermont
- Addison County
- This Shoreham is located in Addison County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the east of the Shoreham that is located in Becker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Shoreham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shoreham ...
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.
- Audubon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clear View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clear View is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Dent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norwegian Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Norwegian Grove is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Grove
- Pelican Rapids
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richards
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Richwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richwood is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
How Far From Shoreham 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 community such as Shoreham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shoreham and extending to:
- Detroit Lakes, which is the Seat of Becker County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Shoreham to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 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 Shoreham 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> | 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- Shoreham) 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 Shoreham 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 Shoreham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7575, Longitude: -95.8989 In this case, the coordinates for Shoreham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.547 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.648 degrees. |
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