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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 Shell Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach:
- 39.920342, -82.486545
- 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 Shell Beach
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since Shell Beach is near Licking County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Shell Beach
Communities Also Named Shell Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Shell Beach.
Within Ohio, the name Shell Beach is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Shell Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 2,100 miles [3,379.6 km]<1> to the west of the Shell Beach that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Shell Beach.
- Louisiana
- Saint Bernard Parish
- This Shell Beach is located in Saint Bernard Parish and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Shell Beach that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Bernard Parish community of Shell Beach.
- Vermilion Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Shell Beach [Vermilion Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- This Shell Beach is located in Plymouth County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shell Beach that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Shell Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shell Beach ...
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.
- Edgewater Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Firemans Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Firemans Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firemans Park
- Harbor Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Reservoir ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reservoir is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Sandstone Canyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Canyon
- Summerland Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summerland Beach is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerland Beach
- Thornville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wooded Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Shell Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shell Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shell Beach and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shell Beach to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shell Beach) 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 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 Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach 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 Shell Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9203, Longitude: -82.4865 In this case, the coordinates for Shell Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.152 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.305 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.731 degrees. |
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