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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 Cora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cora 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 Cora:
- 46.535665, -121.789456
- 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 Cora
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Cora is near Pierce County and also Yakima County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yakima 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 Cora
Communities Also Named Cora ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Cora.
Within Washington, the name Cora is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Cora [Santa Rosa County].
- Georgia
- Newton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cora [Newton County].
- Idaho
- Latah County
- This Cora is located in Latah County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Cora.
- Illinois
- Jackson County
- This Cora is located in Jackson County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Cora.
- Sangamon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cora [Sangamon County].
- Iowa
- Pocahontas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Cora [Pocahontas County].
- Kansas
- Smith County
- This Cora is located in Smith County and lies 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Cora.
- Kentucky
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cora [Anderson County].
- Louisiana
- Iberville Parish
- This Cora is located in Iberville Parish and lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Cora.
- Vernon Parish
- This Cora is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km] to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Cora.
- Missouri
- Sullivan County
- This Cora is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cora.
- Montana
- Cascade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cora [Cascade County].
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This Cora is located in Gallia County and lies 2,047 miles [3,294.3 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Cora.
- Oklahoma
- Woods County
- This Cora is located in Woods County and lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woods County community of Cora.
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cora [Huntingdon County].
- Texas
- Comanche County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Comanche County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Cora.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Cora is located in Logan County and lies 2,096 miles [3,373.2 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cora.
- Wyoming
- Sublette County
- This Cora is located in Sublette County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Cora.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cora ...
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.
- Berry Patch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Berry Patch is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Patch
- Harmony Falls Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Longmire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mineral
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- National
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- National is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
- Paradise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Park Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Park Junction is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Junction
- Reliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reliance is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Silver Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Beach is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Sunrise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sunrise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Cora 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 Cora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cora and extending to:
- Chehalis, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cora to Chehalis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,298 miles [3,698.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cora 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Cora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cora 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 Cora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5357, Longitude: -121.7895 In this case, the coordinates for Cora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.37 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.789 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.481 degrees. |
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