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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 Corley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corley 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 Corley:
- 41.57839, -95.329251
- 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 Corley
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Corley is near Pottawattamie County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawattamie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Corley
Communities Also Named Corley ...
We found four communities that are also named Corley.
Within Iowa, the name Corley is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Logan County
- This Corley is located in Logan County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Corley that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Corley.
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Corley is located in Bowie County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the south of the Corley that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Corley.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Corley is located in Barbour County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the east of the Corley that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Corley.
- Braxton County
- This Corley is located in Braxton County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the east of the Corley that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Corley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corley ...
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.
- Defiance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Defiance is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Elk Horn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar is located in Audubon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Red Line
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Line is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Yorkshire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Corley 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 Corley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Corley and extending to:
- Harlan, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the North.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Corley to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Corley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Corley 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 Corley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5784, Longitude: -95.3293 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.294 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.545 degrees. |
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