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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coats 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:
- 39.780632, -81.058937
- 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
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Coats is near Belmont County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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
Communities Also Named Coats ...
We found five communities that are also named Coats.
Within Ohio, the name Coats is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Coats [Sharp County].
- Idaho
- Minidoka County
- Although located in Minidoka County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minidoka County community of Coats.
- Kansas
- Pratt County
- This Coats is located in Pratt County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<2> to the west of the Coats that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pratt County community of Coats.
- Mississippi
- Simpson County
- This Coats is located in Simpson County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Coats that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Coats.
- North Carolina
- Harnett County
- This Coats is located in Harnett County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Coats that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Coats.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coats ...
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.
- Altitude
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Altitude is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Cranenest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cranenest is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranenest
- Decker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decker is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Dwight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dwight is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Foxtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Foxtown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hope Ridge ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hope Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Ridge
- Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Lewisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Round Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bottom is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Six Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Six Point is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Point
How Far From Coats 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 Coats to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coats and extending to:
- Woodsfield, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Coats to Columbus, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,026 miles [9,697.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Coats 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coats) 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7806, Longitude: -81.0589 In this case, the coordinates for Coats have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.271 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.281 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.135 degrees. |
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