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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 Corlena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corlena 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 Corlena:
- 36.320308, -102.939371
- 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 Corlena
- 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 Dallam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallam County
- Since Corlena is near Union County and also Cimarron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cimarron 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 Corlena
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corlena ...
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.
- Amistad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Dallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Coldwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Dallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Felt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Moses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moses is located in Union County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
- Twin Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Mill is located in Hartley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mill
- Windy Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Windy Hill is located in Dallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
How Far From Corlena 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 Corlena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Corlena and extending to:
- Dalhart, which is the Seat of Dallam County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Corlena to Dalhart, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 514 miles [827.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,760 miles [12,488.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Corlena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Corlena 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 Corlena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3203, Longitude: -102.9394 In this case, the coordinates for Corlena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.662 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.241 degrees. |
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