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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 Coalton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coalton 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 Coalton:
- 38.370082, -82.769053
- 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 Coalton
- 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Coalton is near Carter County and also Greenup County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup 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 Coalton
Communities Also Named Coalton ...
We found six communities that are also named Coalton.
Within Kentucky, the name Coalton is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Montgomery County
- This Coalton is located in Montgomery County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coalton that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Coalton.
- Vermilion County
- This Coalton is located in Vermilion County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the west northwest of the Coalton that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Coalton.
- Iowa
- Monroe 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 Iowa community of Coalton [Monroe County].
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Coalton is located in Jackson County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north of the Coalton that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Coalton.
- Oklahoma
- Okmulgee County
- This Coalton is located in Okmulgee County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west of the Coalton that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okmulgee County community of Coalton.
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- This Coalton is located in Randolph County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coalton that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Coalton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coalton ...
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.
- Cannonsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cannonsburg is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grant is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Little Garner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Garner is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Garner
- Meads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meads is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads
- Music
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Music is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Naples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Naples is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Princess
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Princess is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princess
- Rush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trace is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace
How Far From Coalton 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 community such as Coalton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coalton and extending to:
- Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coalton to Catlettsburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coalton) 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 Coalton 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 Coalton 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 Coalton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3701, Longitude: -82.7691 In this case, the coordinates for Coalton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.355 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.308 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.35 degrees. |
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