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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 Coulstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coulstone 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 Coulstone:
- 37.523004, -91.751204
- 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 Coulstone
- 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 Dent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dent County
- Since Coulstone is near Texas County and also Phelps County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps 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 Coulstone
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coulstone ...
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.
- Cedargrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
- Jack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Kinderpost
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kinderpost is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderpost
- Licking
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Oscar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oscar is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Ranger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranger is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Smoky Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Hollow is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Hollow
How Far From Coulstone 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 Coulstone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coulstone and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Dent County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coulstone to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coulstone) 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 Coulstone 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 Coulstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5230, Longitude: -91.7512 In this case, the coordinates for Coulstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.039 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.721 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.614 degrees. |
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