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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:
    • 42.939297, -109.974103
    • 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.
    • 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 Sublette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Sublette 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cora ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Cora.

Within Wyoming, the name Cora is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout 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 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 621 miles [999.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km] to the southeast of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 1,461 miles [2,351.3 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cora that is located in Sublette 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.
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This Cora is located in Lewis County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cora that is located in Sublette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Cora.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Cora is located in Logan County and lies 1,504 miles [2,420.5 km]<2> to the east of the Cora that is located in Sublette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan 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.

  • Big Piney
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Boulder
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Daniel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Daniel Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Junction
    • Daniel Junction is located in Sublette County
  • Halfway
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Sublette County

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:

  • Pinedale, which is the Seat of Sublette County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cora to Cheyenne, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cora. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

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 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 'straight-line' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9393, Longitude: -109.9741    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.609 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.135 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.452 degrees.









 

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