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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:
- 41.090246, -88.851484
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Coalville is near La Salle County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Illinois, the name Coalville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, 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].
- Iowa
- Webster County
- This Coalville is located in Webster County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Coalville that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster 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 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<2> to the south of the Coalville that is located in Livingston 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 488 miles [785.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Coalville that is located in Livingston 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 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Coalville that is located in Livingston 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 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<2> to the west of the Coalville that is located in Livingston 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.
- Long Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Manville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Munster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
- Otter ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
- Reading
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Richards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Sandy Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford
How Far From Coalville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coalville to Pontiac, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 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 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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: 41.0902, Longitude: -88.8515 In this case, the coordinates for Coalville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.243 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.142 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.388 degrees. |
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