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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 Run Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal Run Village 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 Run Village:
- 37.517387, -82.563154
- 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 Run Village
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Coal Run Village is near Floyd County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Run Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal Run Village ...
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.
- Betsy Layne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Shoal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Shoal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shoal
- Boldman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boldman is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boldman
- Broad Bottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broad Bottom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Bottom
- Harold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Joes Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Joes Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Little Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Dixie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Lower Chloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
- Mayo Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Pigeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Pikeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stanley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Titan Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
How Far From Coal Run Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Coal Run Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coal Run Village and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Coal Run Village to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coal Run Village) 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 Coal Run Village 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 Run Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5174, Longitude: -82.5632 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.236 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.048 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.521 degrees. |
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