Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Corwin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corwin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Corwin
- 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 Corwin:
- 40.021594, -115.898949
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Corwin
- 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 Eureka County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Eureka County
- Since Corwin is near Elko County and also White Pine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Elko County
- eBird sighting report for White Pine 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Corwin ...
We found nine communities that share the name Corwin.
Within Nevada, the name Corwin is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Henry County
- This Corwin is located in Henry County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<2> to the east of the Corwin that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Corwin.
- Tippecanoe County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Corwin [Tippecanoe County].
- Kansas
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corwin ...
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.
- Alpha ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Birch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Cave Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek is located in Elko County
- Cave Creek has also been known as:
- Cavecreek
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Diamond City is located in Eureka County
- Fort Ruby ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ruby
- Fort Ruby is located in White Pine County
- Fort Ruby has also been known as:
- Camp Ruby
- Joy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Mineral ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Mineral Hill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mineral Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
- Mineral Hill is located in Eureka County
- Shanty Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanty Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Shanty Town is located in Elko County
- Strawberry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in White Pine County
How Far From Corwin 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 Corwin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Corwin once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Corwin and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Eureka County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Corwin to Eureka, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,056 miles [3,308.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,907 miles [12,725.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Eureka County: www.co.eureka.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
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 Corwin 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 '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- Corwin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Corwin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0216, Longitude: -115.8989 In this case, the coordinates for Corwin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Corwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Corwin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.049 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.125 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.172 degrees. |