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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 Corey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corey 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 Corey:
    • 30.363258, -84.181839
    • 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 Corey
  • 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
    • Since Corey is near Jefferson County and also Wakulla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wakulla 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 Corey

Communities Also Named Corey ...

We found four communities that are also named Corey.

Within Florida, the name Corey is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Carter 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 Kentucky community of Corey [Carter County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • This Corey is located in Caldwell Parish and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Corey that is located in Leon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell Parish community of Corey.
    • Michigan
      • Cass County
      • This Corey is located in Cass County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<2> to the north of the Corey that is located in Leon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Corey.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Corey.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corey ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Centerville is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cody
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cody is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Four Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Points is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Helen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Helen is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
  • Henrietta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Henrietta is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Ivan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivan is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • Limestone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Limestone is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Lloyd
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Peck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Peck is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
  • Plum Orchard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Plum Orchard is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
  • Rose
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rose is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
  • Shadeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shadeville is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
  • Shell Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Shell Island is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
  • Zion Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion Hill is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Corey 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 Corey to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Corey and extending to:

  • Tallahassee, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Corey to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,160 miles [8,304.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Corey 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Corey) 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>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 Corey 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 Corey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3633, Longitude: -84.1818       In this case, the coordinates for Corey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.945 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.849 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.972 degrees.