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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 Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corners 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 Corners:
    • 37.794786, -86.230250
    • 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 Corners
  • 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 Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
    • Since Corners is near Meade County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Corners

Communities Also Named Corners ...

We found five communities that are also named Corners.

Within Kentucky, the name Corners is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Corners is located in Gwinnett County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Corners that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Corners.
    • Kansas
      • Wabaunsee 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 Kansas community of Corners [Wabaunsee County].
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Corners is located in Howard County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Corners that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Corners.
    • Missouri
      • Perry County
      • This Corners is located in Perry County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west of the Corners that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Corners.
    • New York
      • Tompkins 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 New York community of Corners [Tompkins County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Big Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Big Spring is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Dyer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Four Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Four Corners is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Graysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Graysville is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
  • Haysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Haysville is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • High Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • High Plains is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
  • High Plains Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Plains Corner is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains Corner
  • Hillgrove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillgrove is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
  • Locust Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Maples Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maples Corner is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Corner

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

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

  • Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Corners to Hardinsburg, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Corners) 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 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 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.
<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 Corners 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 Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7948, Longitude: -86.2302       In this case, the coordinates for Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.50 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.682 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.038 degrees.