Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Newport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newport and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Newport
- 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 Newport:
- 40.295881, -84.369671
- 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 Newport
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Newport is near Darke County and also Auglaize County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Darke County
- eBird sighting report for Auglaize 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 Newport ...
We found 84 communities that share the name Newport.
There are six communities within Ohio that are also named Newport.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 66 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 66 communities, 67 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Newport, we know of twelve communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Adams County
- Madison County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Tuscarawas County
- Washington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- This Newport is located in Jackson County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Newport.
- Ouachita County
- This Newport is located in Ouachita County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the southwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Newport.
- California
- Mendocino County
- This Newport is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,069 miles [3,329.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Newport.
- Orange 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 California community of Newport [Orange County].
- Delaware
- Florida
- Monroe County
- This Newport is located in Monroe County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Newport.
- Wakulla County
- This Newport is located in Wakulla County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the south of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wakulla County community of Newport.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- This Newport is located in Johnson County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Newport.
- Jones County
- This Newport is located in Jones County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Newport.
- Louisa County
- This Newport is located in Louisa County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the west of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Newport.
- Kansas
- Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Newport [Dickinson County].
- Neosho 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 Kansas community of Newport [Neosho County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Charles County
- This Newport is located in Charles County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Newport.
- Worcester County
- This Newport is located in Worcester County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Newport.
- Michigan
- Gogebic 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 Michigan community of Newport [Gogebic County].
- Monroe County
- This Newport is located in Monroe County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Newport.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This Newport is located in Attala County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Newport.
- Chickasaw County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Newport [Chickasaw County].
- DeSoto County
- This Newport is located in DeSoto County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the southwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Newport.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Cumberland County
- This Newport is located in Cumberland County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the east of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Newport.
- Hunterdon County
- This Newport is located in Hunterdon County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Newport.
- New York
- Herkimer County
- This Newport is located in Herkimer County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Newport.
- Monroe County
- This Newport is located in Monroe County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Newport.
- Onondaga County
- This Newport is located in Onondaga County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km] to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Newport.
- Orange County
- This Newport is located in Orange County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the east of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Newport.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Newport lies 1,612 miles [2,594.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Newport lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Newport lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- Oregon
- Benton 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 Oregon community of Newport [Benton County].
- Lincoln County
- This Newport is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,023 miles [3,255.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Newport.
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- This Newport is located in Lawrence County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Newport.
- Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Newport [Luzerne County].
- Northampton County
- This Newport is located in Northampton County and lies 466 miles [750 km] to the east of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Newport.
- Perry County
- This Newport is located in Perry County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Newport.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Newport lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- Quebec
- This Newport lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Clay County
- This Newport is located in Clay County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Newport.
- Harris 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 Texas community of Newport [Harris County].
- Walker County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Walker County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Newport.
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- This Newport is located in Augusta County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Newport.
- Giles County
- This Newport is located in Giles County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Newport.
- Isle of Wight 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 Newport [Isle of Wight County].
- Page County
- This Newport is located in Page County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the east southeast of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Newport.
- Washington
- King County
- This Newport is located in King County and lies 1,925 miles [3,098 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Newport.
- Pend Oreille County
- This Newport is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km] to the west northwest of the Newport that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Newport.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- - Victoria
- Distance: 9,817 miles [15,798.9 km]<2> to the west southwest
- - New South Wales
- Distance: 9,373 miles [15,084.4 km] to the west
- - Queensland
- Distance: 9,068 miles [14,593.5 km] to the west
- Curacao
- Distance: 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<2> to the south southeast
- England
- - East Riding of Yorkshire
- Distance: 3,808 miles [6,128.4 km]<2> to the northeast
- - Shropshire
- Distance: 3,770 miles [6,067.2 km] to the northeast
- - Uttlesford
- Distance: 3,892 miles [6,263.6 km] to the northeast
- - Isle of Wight
- Distance: 3,869 miles [6,226.6 km] to the northeast
- Wales
- - Pembrokeshire
- Distance: 3,693 miles [5,943.3 km]<2> to the northeast
- - Newport
- Distance: 3,777 miles [6,078.5 km] to the northeast
- Ireland
- - County Mayo
- Distance: 3,466 miles [5,578 km]<2> to the northeast
- - Tipperary
- Distance: 3,535 miles [5,689 km] to the northeast
- Australia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newport ...
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.
- Bloomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Earls Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earls Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls Island
- Earls Island is located in Shelby County
- Egypt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Frenchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
- Russia is located in Shelby County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russia <5>
- Summitville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summitville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Summitville is located in Miami County
- Uno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Yorkshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Yorkshire is located in Darke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yorkshire <5>
How Far From Newport 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 Newport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newport and extending to:
- Sidney, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Newport to Sidney, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shelby County: www.co.shelby.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 Newport 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- Newport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2959, Longitude: -84.3697 In this case, the coordinates for Newport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Newport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Newport 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 312.331 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.703 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.476 degrees. |