Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Coles Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coles Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Coles Park

• 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 Coles Park:
  • 38.787020, -83.016008
  • 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 Coles Park

• 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 Scioto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto County
  • Since Coles Park is near Greenup County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Coles Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coles Park ...

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.

• Clarktown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarktown is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
• Dennis
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dennis is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
• Dry Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Dry Run is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
• Eden Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Eden Park is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
• Firebrick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
• Friendship
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Friendship is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friendship <1>
• Frost
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
• Kirkville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kirkville is located in Lewis County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
• Lucasville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lucasville is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucasville <1>
• Rubyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rubyville is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubyville
• Rushtown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rushtown is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
• Sugar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar Grove is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
• Sunshine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunshine is located in Greenup County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
• Twin Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Twin Valley is located in Scioto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Valley

How Far From Coles Park 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 Coles Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coles Park and extending to:

• Portsmouth, which is the Seat of Scioto County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Coles Park 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'