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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 Cornelius, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornelius 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 Cornelius:
- 38.939340, -121.543294
- 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 Cornelius
- 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 Sutter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Since Cornelius is near Yuba County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Cornelius
Communities Also Named Cornelius ...
We found five communities that are also named Cornelius.
Within California, the name Cornelius is unique.
Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Burke 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 Georgia community of Cornelius [Burke County].
- Indiana
- Brown County
- This Cornelius is located in Brown County and lies 1,876 miles [3,019.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cornelius that is located in Sutter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Cornelius.
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- This Cornelius is located in Jackson County and lies 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km]<2> to the east of the Cornelius that is located in Sutter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Cornelius.
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Cornelius is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km]<2> to the east of the Cornelius that is located in Sutter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Cornelius.
- Oregon
- Washington County
- This Cornelius is located in Washington County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the north of the Cornelius that is located in Sutter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cornelius.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornelius ...
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.
- Everglade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Everglade is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everglade
- Joes Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Joes Landing is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Landing
- Karnak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Karnak is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
- Kirkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Knights Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Linda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oliver ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Robbins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cornelius 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 Cornelius to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Cornelius once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cornelius and extending to:
- Yuba City, which is the Seat of Sutter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cornelius to Yuba City, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,090 miles [13,019.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 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 Cornelius 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cornelius) 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> | 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 Cornelius, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cornelius 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 Cornelius. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9393, Longitude: -121.5433 In this case, the coordinates for Cornelius have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.472 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.622 degrees. |
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