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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 Corunna, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corunna 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 Corunna:
    • 41.435909, -85.143962
    • 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 Corunna
  • 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Since Corunna is near Noble County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 Corunna

Communities Also Named Corunna ...

We found three communities that are also named Corunna.

Within Indiana, the name Corunna is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Bell 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 Corunna [Bell County].
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • This Corunna is located in Shiawassee County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Corunna that is located in DeKalb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Corunna.
    • Ontario
      • This Corunna lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Corunna that is located in DeKalb County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corunna ...

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.

  • Cedar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cedar is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Gravel Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
  • Greenwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Lakeview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lisbon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Meadow Shores Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Shores Park is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Shores Park
  • New Era
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • New Era is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
  • Ramblewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
  • Shady Nook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Nook is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook
  • Swan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
  • Tall Timbers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tall Timbers is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
  • Turkey Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
  • Woodland Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodland Park is located in LaGrange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Corunna to ...

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 town such as Corunna to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Corunna to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Corunna 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Corunna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Corunna 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 Corunna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4359, Longitude: -85.1440       In this case, the coordinates for Corunna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.809 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.414 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.486 degrees.