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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 Shorewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shorewood 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 Shorewood:
    • 42.428683, -77.102470
    • 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 Shorewood
  • 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 Schuyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
    • Since Shorewood is near Steuben County and also Yates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yates 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 Shorewood

Communities Also Named Shorewood ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Shorewood.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Shorewood.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Suffolk 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 New York community of Shorewood [Suffolk County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Broward County
      • This Shorewood is located in Broward County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<2> to the south of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Shorewood.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • This Shorewood is located in DuPage County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the west of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Shorewood.
      • Kankakee 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 Illinois community of Shorewood [Kankakee County].
      • Will County
      • This Shorewood is located in Will County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the west of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Shorewood.
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This Shorewood is located in Kent County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Shorewood.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • This Shorewood is located in Allegan County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<2> to the west of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Shorewood.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Shorewood is located in Hennepin County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Shorewood.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Shorewood is located in Coos County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Shorewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Shorewood is located in Roane County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Shorewood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Shorewood is located in Harris County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Shorewood.
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Shorewood is located in Chesapeake City and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the south of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Shorewood.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Shorewood is located in King County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Shorewood.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the west of the Shorewood that is located in Schuyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Shorewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shorewood ...

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.

  • Cold Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Crystal Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
  • Dundee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Glen Grove is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Grove Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Hermitage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Irelandville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Irelandville is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irelandville
  • Meads Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Meads Creek is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Creek
  • Pine Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Porter Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Porter Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
  • Reading Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rock Stream
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Watkins Glen, which is the Seat of Schuyler County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shorewood to Watkins Glen, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Shorewood 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 '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- Shorewood) 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4287, Longitude: -77.1025       In this case, the coordinates for Shorewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.653 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.724 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.31 degrees.