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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 Corryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corryville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Corryville:
    • 39.126448, -84.524943
    • 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 Corryville
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Corryville is near Campbell County and also Kenton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton 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 Corryville

Communities Also Named Corryville ...

We found two communities that are also named Corryville.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Corryville.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Corryville in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Lawrence County
      • This Corryville is located in Lawrence County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Corryville that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Corryville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Corryville [McKean County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corryville ...

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.

  • Bucktown ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bucktown is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • English Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • English Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Woods
  • Frenchmens Corner ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Frenchmens Corner is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmens Corner
  • Idlewild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Jerusalem
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jerusalem is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Lincoln Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lincoln Court is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
  • Little Bethlehem
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Little Bethlehem is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bethlehem
  • Little Buck ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Little Buck is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buck
  • Over-The-Rhine
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Over-The-Rhine is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Over-The-Rhine
  • Price Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Price Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
  • Walnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From Corryville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Corryville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Corryville to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east (E). 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 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,794 miles [7,715.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Corryville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Corryville 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 Corryville 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 Corryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1264, Longitude: -84.5249       In this case, the coordinates for Corryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.44 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.658 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.902 degrees.