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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 Coalville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coalville 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 Coalville:
- 42.44509, -94.125904
- 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 Coalville
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Coalville is near Hamilton County and also Wright County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright 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 Coalville
Communities Also Named Coalville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Coalville.
Within Iowa, the name Coalville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby 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 Coalville [Shelby County].
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- This Coalville is located in Livingston County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Coalville that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Coalville.
- Michigan
- Jackson 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 Michigan community of Coalville [Jackson County].
- Mississippi
- Harrison County
- This Coalville is located in Harrison County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Coalville that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Coalville.
- Montana
- Carbon County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Coalville [Carbon County].
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Coalville is located in Cherokee County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Coalville that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Coalville.
- Texas
- Palo Pinto County
- This Coalville is located in Palo Pinto County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Coalville that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palo Pinto County community of Coalville.
- Utah
- Summit County
- This Coalville is located in Summit County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the west of the Coalville that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Coalville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coalville ...
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.
- Badger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brushy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highview is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Judd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Judd is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
- Moorland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Palm Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shady Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shady Oak is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak
How Far From Coalville 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 Coalville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coalville and extending to:
- Fort Dodge, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Coalville to Des Moines, with an average speed<5> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Coalville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coalville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Coalville, 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> | 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 Coalville 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 Coalville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4451, Longitude: -94.1259 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.864 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.473 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.727 degrees. |
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