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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 Coppess Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coppess Corner 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 Coppess Corner:
- 40.744909, -84.956644
- 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 Coppess Corner
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Coppess Corner is near Wells County and also Van Wert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wells County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Wert 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 Coppess Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coppess Corner ...
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.
- Ceylon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ceylon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Craigville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Curryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curryville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Domestic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Domestic is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domestic
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Honduras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kingsland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsland is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Pleasant Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Toll Gate Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Toll Gate Heights is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Heights
How Far From Coppess Corner 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 Coppess Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coppess Corner and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Coppess Corner to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coppess Corner) 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 Coppess Corner 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 Coppess Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7449, Longitude: -84.9566 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.70 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.189 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.612 degrees. |
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