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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 Cornelia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornelia and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cornelia:
    • 38.282608, -80.910100
    • 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 Cornelia
  • 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 Nicholas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
    • Since Cornelia is near Fayette County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Cornelia

Communities Also Named Cornelia ...

We found eight communities that are also named Cornelia.

Within West Virginia, the name Cornelia is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair 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 Alabama community of Cornelia [Saint Clair County].
    • Colorado
      • Bent County
      • This Cornelia is located in Bent County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<2> to the west of the Cornelia that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bent County community of Cornelia.
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This Cornelia is located in Habersham County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cornelia that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Cornelia.
    • Iowa
      • Wright County
      • This Cornelia is located in Wright County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cornelia that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Cornelia.
    • Missouri
      • Johnson County
      • This Cornelia is located in Johnson County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the west of the Cornelia that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Cornelia.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland 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 North Carolina community of Cornelia [Cumberland County].
    • Texas
      • Armstrong 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 Texas community of Cornelia [Armstrong County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Cornelia is located in Grant County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cornelia that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Cornelia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornelia ...

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.

  • Burl
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Burl is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burl
  • Canvas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Canvas is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canvas
  • Deepwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Deepwell is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwell
  • Elliot ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elliot is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Fowler Knob
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fowler Knob is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Knob
  • Harriet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harriet is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
  • Hookersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
  • Lyonsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Mount Lookout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Lookout is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lookout
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Peters Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Peters Junction is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Junction
    • Poe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Poe is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
    • Pool
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pool is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
    • Sparks ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sparks is located in Nicholas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Summersville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Woods Ferry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Ferry is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry

How Far From Cornelia to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cornelia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cornelia and extending to:

  • Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies just to the East.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Cornelia to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Cornelia 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cornelia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cornelia 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 Cornelia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2826, Longitude: -80.9101       In this case, the coordinates for Cornelia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.226 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.006 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.575 degrees.