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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 Shelburne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shelburne 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 Shelburne:
- 44.401172, -71.074798
- 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 Shelburne
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Shelburne is near Oxford County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oxford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Shelburne
Communities Also Named Shelburne ...
We found six communities that are also named Shelburne.
Within New Hampshire, the name Shelburne is unique.
Beyond New Hampshire, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Morgan County
- This Shelburne is located in Morgan County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Shelburne that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Shelburne.
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This Shelburne is located in Franklin County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shelburne that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Shelburne.
- Nova Scotia
- This Shelburne lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shelburne that is located in Coos County.
- Ontario
- This Shelburne lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the west of the Shelburne that is located in Coos County.
- Vermont
- Chittenden County
- This Shelburne is located in Chittenden County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west of the Shelburne that is located in Coos County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Shelburne.
- Virginia
- Montgomery 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 Virginia community of Shelburne [Montgomery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelburne ...
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.
- Beans Purchase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beans Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Purchase
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Glen House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Martins Location
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randolph Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randolph Hill is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hill
- Rim Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rim Junction is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Junction
How Far From Shelburne 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 community such as Shelburne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shelburne and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shelburne to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Concord, which is the State Capital of New Hampshire, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,426 miles [8,732.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,142 miles [9,884.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,017 miles [6,464.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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- Shelburne) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Shelburne 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'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 Shelburne 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 Shelburne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4012, Longitude: -71.0748 In this case, the coordinates for Shelburne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.564 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.503 degrees. |
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