Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Curry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Curry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Curry
- 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 Curry:
- 62.614722, -150.011944
- 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 Curry
- 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 Curry ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Curry.
Within Alaska, the name Curry is unique.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pike County
- This Curry is located in Pike County and lies 3,461 miles [5,569.9 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Curry.
- Talladega County
- This Curry is located in Talladega County and lies 3,372 miles [5,426.7 km] to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Curry.
- Walker County
- This Curry is located in Walker County and lies 3,307 miles [5,322.1 km] to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Curry.
- Idaho
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Curry is located in Allegheny County and lies 3,177 miles [5,112.9 km]<1> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Curry.
- Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Curry [Blair County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Curry ...
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.
- Chase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Gold Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Petersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersville <5>
- Sunshine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Trapper Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trapper Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trapper Creek <5>
How Far From Curry 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 Curry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Curry and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Curry to Juneau, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,350 miles [5,391.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 7 days, a buggy would take 131 days and walking would take 191 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the north (N).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Curry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Curry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Curry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 62.6147, Longitude: -150.0119 In this case, the coordinates for Curry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Curry 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 . 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> | 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 Curry, 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 Curry 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 4.473 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 9.197 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 346.547 degrees. |