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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 Coker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coker 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 Coker:
- 31.983498, -93.713794
- 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 Coker
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Since Coker is near Sabine Parish and also Red River Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
- 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 Coker
Communities Also Named Coker ...
We found five communities that are also named Coker.
Within Louisiana, the name Coker is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Coker is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coker that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Coker.
- Florida
- Hardee County
- This Coker is located in Hardee County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Coker that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardee County community of Coker.
- Georgia
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Coker [Fulton County].
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- This Coker is located in Lincoln County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Coker that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Coker.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Bexar County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Coker.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coker ...
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.
- Bayou Pierre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bayou Pierre is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
- Cook ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Eudora ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eudora is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Grand Cane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halcyon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Halcyon is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Meadow Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Park is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Porter Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Porter Place is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Place
- Spider ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spider is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Willow Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Coker 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 Coker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coker and extending to:
- Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Coker to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,631 miles [12,280.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,506 miles [8,861 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coker) 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 Coker 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 parish. 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> | 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 Coker, 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 Coker 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 Coker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9835, Longitude: -93.7138 In this case, the coordinates for Coker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.825 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.903 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.411 degrees. |
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