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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 Corbin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to 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 Corbin:
    • 30.495746, -90.849543
    • 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 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Livingston Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
    • Since Corbin is near East Baton Rouge Parish and also Ascension Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ascension Parish
  • 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 Corbin

Communities Also Named Corbin ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Corbin.

Within Louisiana, the name Corbin is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Corbin is located in Randolph County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Corbin.
    • British Columbia
      • This Corbin lies 1,804 miles [2,903.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Corbin is located in Bartow County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Corbin.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Corbin [Montgomery County].
      • Sumner County
      • This Corbin is located in Sumner County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Corbin.
    • Kentucky
      • Knox County
      • This Corbin is located in Knox County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Corbin.
    • Maryland
      • Worcester County
      • This Corbin is located in Worcester County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Corbin.
    • Michigan
      • Otsego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Corbin [Otsego County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Corbin [Saint Clair County].
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Corbin is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Corbin.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Corbin lies 2,208 miles [3,553.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Corbin is located in Caroline County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Corbin that is located in Livingston Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Corbin.
    • Washington
      • Stevens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Corbin [Stevens County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Corbin [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Central Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Central Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Place
  • Centurion Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Centurion Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Place
  • Claybank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
  • Evergreen Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Frost
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Frost is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Oak Cluster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oak Cluster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cluster
  • Plainview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainview is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Riverview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Riverview is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rushmore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rushmore is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmore
  • Stonypoint ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
  • Willow Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Willow Creek is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • Woodland View
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodland View is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland View

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

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

  • Livingston, which is the Seat of Livingston Parish, lies just to the East.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Corbin to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,576 miles [12,192.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,452 miles [8,774.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Corbin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Corbin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Corbin 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 parish. 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.
<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 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 Corbin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4957, Longitude: -90.8495       In this case, the coordinates for Corbin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.857 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.409 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.443 degrees.