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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 Corona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corona 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 Corona:
    • 38.263527, -122.659431
    • 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 Corona
  • 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
    • Since Corona is near Marin County and also Napa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Napa 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 Corona

Communities Also Named Corona ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Corona.

There is one other community in California that is also named Corona.

Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Riverside County
      • This Corona is located in Riverside County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Corona.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Corona is located in Walker County and lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the east of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Corona.
    • Colorado
      • Grand County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Corona [Grand County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Corona is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,410 miles [3,878.5 km]<1> to the east of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Corona.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Corona [Coffey County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • This Corona is located in Carlton County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlton County community of Corona.
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • This Corona is located in Oregon County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km]<1> to the east of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Corona.
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln County
      • This Corona is located in Lincoln County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Corona.
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Corona is located in Queens County and lies 2,571 miles [4,137.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Corona.
    • South Dakota
      • Roberts County
      • This Corona is located in Roberts County and lies 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roberts County community of Corona.
    • Tennessee
      • Tipton County
      • This Corona is located in Tipton County and lies 1,801 miles [2,898.4 km]<1> to the east of the Corona that is located in Sonoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Corona.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corona ...

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.

  • Cherry ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cherry is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
  • Crown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Crown is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Haystack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Haystack is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haystack
  • Lakeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Liberty
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Orchard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Orchard is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Stony Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Two Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Two Rock is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rock

How Far From Corona 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 Corona 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 community of Corona once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Corona and extending to:

  • Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Corona to Santa Rosa, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,154 miles [13,122.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Corona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Corona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Corona 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.
<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 Corona 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 Corona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2635, Longitude: -122.6594       In this case, the coordinates for Corona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.485 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.315 degrees.