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 Coronado:
36.901536, -76.246328
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.
We found thirteen communities that are also named Coronado.
Within Virginia, the name Coronado is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Coronado lies 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
Arizona
Graham 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 Arizona community of Coronado [Graham County].
Pima County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Coronado [Pima County].
California
San Diego County
This Coronado is located in San Diego County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Coronado.
Colorado
Adams 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 Colorado community of Coronado [Adams County].
Arapahoe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Coronado [Arapahoe County].
Florida
Volusia 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 Florida community of Coronado [Volusia County].
Kansas
Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Coronado [Sedgwick County].
Wichita County
This Coronado is located in Wichita County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Coronado.
New Mexico
Santa Fe 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 New Mexico community of Coronado [Santa Fe County].
Texas
Cameron County
This Coronado is located in Cameron County and lies 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Coronado.
El Paso 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 Texas community of Coronado [El Paso County].
Hidalgo County
This Coronado is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Coronado.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coronado ...
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.
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 Coronado to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coronado and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Coronado to Richmond, 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 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 from Point A (ie- Coronado) 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 Coronado 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 . 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 Coronado 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 Coronado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9015, Longitude: -76.2463 In this case, the coordinates for Coronado have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.548 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.745 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.15 degrees.