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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 Kings Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Corner 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 Kings Corner:
- 40.378317, -105.073314
- 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 Kings Corner
- 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 Larimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larimer County
- Since Kings Corner is near Weld County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weld County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boulder 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 Kings Corner
Communities Also Named Kings Corner ...
We found six communities that are also named Kings Corner.
Within Colorado, the name Kings Corner is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- This Kings Corner is located in Hartford County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Corner that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Kings Corner.
- Idaho
- Canyon County
- This Kings Corner is located in Canyon County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Corner that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canyon County community of Kings Corner.
- Michigan
- Mason 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 Michigan community of Kings Corner [Mason County].
- Montcalm County
- This Kings Corner is located in Montcalm County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Corner that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montcalm County community of Kings Corner.
- Mississippi
- Panola County
- This Kings Corner is located in Panola County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kings Corner that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Kings Corner.
- Virginia
- James City County
- This Kings Corner is located in James City County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<1> to the east of the Kings Corner that is located in Larimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Kings Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Corner ...
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.
- Berts Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Berts Corner is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berts Corner
- Cedar Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Cove is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Hardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hardman is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Boulder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Horsetooth Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horsetooth Heights is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetooth Heights
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little Dam is located in Larimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dam
- Loveland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Kings Corner 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 Kings Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings Corner and extending to:
- Fort Collins, which is the Seat of Larimer County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Kings Corner to Fort Collins, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 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 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Kings Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kings Corner 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kings Corner 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 Kings Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3783, Longitude: -105.0733 In this case, the coordinates for Kings Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.944 degrees. |
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