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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 Coats Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coats Grove 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 Coats Grove:
- 42.683091, -85.192226
- 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 Coats Grove
- 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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Since Coats Grove is near Ionia County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ionia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 Coats Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coats Grove ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Elmdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lacey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lacey is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Little Venice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Little Venice is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Venice
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Podunk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Podunk is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
- Schultz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schultz is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Vermontville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Welcome Corner is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Corner
How Far From Coats Grove 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 Coats Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coats Grove and extending to:
- Hastings, which is the Seat of Barry County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Coats Grove to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coats Grove) 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 Coats Grove 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 Coats Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6831, Longitude: -85.1922 In this case, the coordinates for Coats Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.81 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.598 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.11 degrees. |
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