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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 North Corbin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Corbin 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 North Corbin:
- 36.960643, -84.093265
- 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 North Corbin
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since North Corbin is near Whitley County and also Laurel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurel 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 North Corbin
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Corbin ...
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.
- Baldrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baldrock is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldrock
- Boreing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boreing is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boreing
- Camp Grounds
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Grounds is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Grounds
- Dishman Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dishman Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman Springs
- Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hightop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightop is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightop
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Sublimity City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity City
How Far From North Corbin to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Corbin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Corbin and extending to:
- Barbourville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Corbin to Barbourville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- North Corbin) 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 North Corbin 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 North Corbin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9606, Longitude: -84.0933 In this case, the coordinates for North Corbin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.03 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.334 degrees. |
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