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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 Corydon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corydon 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 Corydon:
    • 41.987838, -78.980319
    • 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 Corydon
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Corydon is near Cattaraugus County and also Chautauqua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua 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 Corydon

Communities Also Named Corydon ...

We found six communities that are also named Corydon.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Corydon is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Corydon is located in Harrison County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Corydon that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Corydon.
    • Iowa
      • Polk 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 Iowa community of Corydon [Polk County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Corydon is located in Wayne County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west of the Corydon that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Corydon.
    • Kansas
      • Morris 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 Kansas community of Corydon [Morris County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henderson County
      • This Corydon is located in Henderson County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Corydon that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Corydon.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Harrison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Corydon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Corydon ...

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.

  • Backup Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Backup Corners is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
  • Cable Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cable Hollow is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
  • Cold Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Cornplanter ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornplanter is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornplanter
  • Dodge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dodge is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
  • Hemlock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hemlock is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
  • Ivory
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivory is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
  • Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
    • Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
    • Tunesassa
  • Sugar Run ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sugar Run is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run

How Far From Corydon 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 Corydon 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 Corydon once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Corydon and extending to:

  • Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Corydon to Warren, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Corydon) 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 Corydon, 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 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 Corydon 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.
<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 Corydon 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 Corydon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9878, Longitude: -78.9803       In this case, the coordinates for Corydon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.86 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.018 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.369 degrees.