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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 Coal Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal Bluff 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 Coal Bluff:
- 39.582817, -87.220016
- 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 Coal Bluff
- 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 Vigo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vigo County
- Since Coal Bluff is near Parke County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Coal Bluff
Communities Also Named Coal Bluff ...
We found two communities that are also named Coal Bluff.
Within Indiana, the name Coal Bluff is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Wilcox County
- This Coal Bluff is located in Wilcox County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the south of the Coal Bluff that is located in Vigo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Coal Bluff.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Coal Bluff [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal Bluff ...
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.
- Bee Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Billtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Brazil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Cloverland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cottage Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Diamond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Jessup
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jessup is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Lena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Purdy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Purdy Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Hill
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Rosedale has also been known as:
- Roseville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <3>
- Sandcut
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandcut is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandcut
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Shady Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Lane is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Smockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smockville is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smockville
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Superior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Superior is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Twin Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Beach is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Beach
- Wickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wickville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickville
How Far From Coal Bluff 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 Coal Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coal Bluff and extending to:
- Terre Haute, which is the Seat of Vigo County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coal Bluff to Terre Haute, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coal Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Coal Bluff 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Coal Bluff 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 Coal Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5828, Longitude: -87.2200 In this case, the coordinates for Coal Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.69 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.013 degrees. |
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