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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 Coosada Old Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coosada Old Town 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 Coosada Old Town:
- 30.633525, -85.899935
- 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 Coosada Old Town
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Coosada Old Town is near Walton County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Coosada Old Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coosada Old Town ...
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.
- Argyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bounds Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bounds Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossing
- Bruce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Bunker Donation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bunker Donation is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Donation
- Caryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Live Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Red Head
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Red Head is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Head
- Redbay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Redbay is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbay
- Rock Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
How Far From Coosada Old Town 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 Coosada Old Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Coosada Old Town once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Coosada Old Town and extending to:
- Chipley, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coosada Old Town to Chipley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Coosada Old Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coosada Old Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coosada Old Town 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 Coosada Old Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6335, Longitude: -85.8999 In this case, the coordinates for Coosada Old Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.94 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.038 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.537 degrees. |
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