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 Five Corners:
37.826778, -121.144289
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.
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 San Joaquin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 34 communities that share the name Five Corners.
Within California, the name Five Corners is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Clearwater County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Five Corners [Clearwater County].
Maine
Androscoggin County
This Five Corners is located in Androscoggin County and lies 2,638 miles [4,245.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Five Corners.
Somerset 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 Maine community of Five Corners [Somerset County].
York County
This Five Corners is located in York County and lies 2,628 miles [4,229.4 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Five Corners.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Five Corners is located in Bristol County and lies 2,626 miles [4,226.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Five Corners.
Norfolk County
This Five Corners is located in Norfolk County and lies 2,629 miles [4,231 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Five Corners.
Plymouth County
This Five Corners is located in Plymouth County and lies 2,647 miles [4,259.9 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Five Corners.
Worcester County
This Five Corners is located in Worcester County and lies 2,594 miles [4,174.6 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Five Corners.
Michigan
Crawford County
This Five Corners is located in Crawford County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Five Corners.
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Five Corners is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,587 miles [2,554 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Five Corners.
New Brunswick
This Five Corners lies 2,777 miles [4,469.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Five Corners is located in Grafton County and lies 2,576 miles [4,145.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Five Corners.
Rockingham County
This Five Corners is located in Rockingham County and lies 2,625 miles [4,224.5 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Five Corners.
New Jersey
Hudson 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 New Jersey community of Five Corners [Hudson County].
New York
Allegany 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 New York community of Five Corners [Allegany County].
Cayuga County
This Five Corners is located in Cayuga County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Five Corners.
Chenango County
This Five Corners is located in Chenango County and lies 2,408 miles [3,875.3 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Five Corners.
Genesee County
This Five Corners is located in Genesee County and lies 2,255 miles [3,629.1 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Five Corners.
Madison County
This Five Corners is located in Madison County and lies 2,386 miles [3,839.9 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Five Corners.
Oneida County
This Five Corners is located in Oneida County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Five Corners.
Orleans County
This Five Corners is located in Orleans County and lies 2,259 miles [3,635.5 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Five Corners.
Ohio
Knox County
This Five Corners is located in Knox County and lies 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Five Corners.
Portage County
This Five Corners is located in Portage County and lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Five Corners.
Richland County
This Five Corners is located in Richland County and lies 2,050 miles [3,299.2 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Five Corners.
Ontario
This Five Corners lies 2,251 miles [3,622.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
Oregon
Lake County
This Five Corners is located in Lake County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the north of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Five Corners.
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
This Five Corners is located in Crawford County and lies 2,192 miles [3,527.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Five Corners.
Washington
Clark County
This Five Corners is located in Clark County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the north of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Five Corners.
Franklin County
This Five Corners is located in Franklin County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km] to the north of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Five Corners.
King County
This Five Corners is located in King County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the north of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Five Corners.
Thurston County
This Five Corners is located in Thurston County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the north of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Five Corners.
Wisconsin
Outagamie County
This Five Corners is located in Outagamie County and lies 1,751 miles [2,818 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Five Corners.
Ozaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Five Corners [Ozaukee County].
Shawano County
This Five Corners is located in Shawano County and lies 1,720 miles [2,768.1 km] to the east northeast of the Five Corners that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Five Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Corners ...
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.
Collegeville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collegeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Five Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Five Corners and extending to:
Stockton, which is the Seat of San Joaquin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Five Corners to Stockton, with an average speed<6> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,155 miles [13,124.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Five Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Five Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Five Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8268, Longitude: -121.1443
<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 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 Five Corners 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>
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 Five Corners 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 339.136 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.873 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.383 degrees.