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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 Shippingport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shippingport 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 Shippingport:
- 40.628060, -80.422321
- 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 Shippingport
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Shippingport is near Columbiana County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Shippingport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shippingport ...
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.
- Blackhawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Dry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dry Run is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glasgow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glasgow is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hookstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Industry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Josephtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Josephtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
- Mechanicsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Merrill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
How Far From Shippingport 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 Shippingport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shippingport and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Shippingport to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 215 miles [346 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Shippingport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Shippingport 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 Shippingport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6281, Longitude: -80.4223 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.92 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.549 degrees. |
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