Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coker and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coker
- 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 Coker:
- 33.244398, -87.681085
- 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 Coker
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Coker is near Greene County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Coker ...
We found five communities that share the name Coker.
Within Alabama, the name Coker is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Nebraska
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coker ...
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.
- Chapelwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapelwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelwood
- Chapelwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Crestdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Fairlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Flatwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Forest Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
- Forest Green is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Forest Green Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Park
- Forest Green Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Gardendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardendale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Gardendale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Greenview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Harperwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harperwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperwood
- Harperwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Hays Court
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Court
- Hays Court is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Hightown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Continue List (8 more) ...
- Highview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Lincoln Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Pine Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Circle
- Pine Circle is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Roselawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Royal Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Royal Pines is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Sanders Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Ferry
- Sanders Ferry is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Snow Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Terrace
- Snow Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Twin Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Manor
- Twin Manor is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Highview
How Far From Coker 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 town such as Coker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coker and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Coker to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coker. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tuscaloosa County: www.co.tuscaloosa.al.us/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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- Coker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2444, Longitude: -87.6811 In this case, the coordinates for Coker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Coker 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. |
| <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 Coker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Coker to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.842 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.707 degrees. |