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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 King Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King 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 King Corners:
- 41.260890, -80.740635
- 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 King 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Since King Corners is near Franklin County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 King Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near King 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.
- Champion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Champion is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- DeForest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- DeForest is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- DeForest Junction is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest Junction
- Fowler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Hakes Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hakes Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakes Corners
- Hardscrabble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Howland Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howland Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Nutwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Rays Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Sodom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sodom is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
How Far From King Corners 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 King Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in King Corners and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from King Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- King Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 King 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 King Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2609, Longitude: -80.7406 In this case, the coordinates for King Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.008 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.206 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.465 degrees. |
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