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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 Coalinga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coalinga 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 Coalinga:
- 36.139725, -120.360308
- 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 Coalinga
- 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 Fresno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Since Coalinga is near Kings County and also Monterey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey 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 Coalinga
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coalinga ...
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.
- Calflax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calflax is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calflax
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Helm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marsala ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marsala is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsala
- Murray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Reef Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reef Station is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reef Station
- Three Rocks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Three Rocks is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rocks
How Far From Coalinga 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 city such as Coalinga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coalinga and extending to:
- Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coalinga to Fresno, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,480 miles [12,037.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,248 miles [13,273.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Coalinga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coalinga 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 Coalinga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1397, Longitude: -120.3603 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.904 degrees. |
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