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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 Coletown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coletown 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 Coletown:
- 40.134623, -84.702564
- 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 Coletown
- 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
- Since Coletown is near Randolph County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Coletown
Communities Also Named Coletown ...
We found two communities that are also named Coletown.
Within Ohio, the name Coletown is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- This Coletown is located in Fayette County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south of the Coletown that is located in Darke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Coletown.
- Tennessee
- Polk County
- This Coletown is located in Polk County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the south of the Coletown that is located in Darke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Coletown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coletown ...
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.
- Frys Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Frys Corners is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frys Corners
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haysville Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Grove is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Long
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Heron
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Heron is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Heron
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Palestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roe Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roe Corners is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Corners
- Sharpeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpeye is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpeye
- Union City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Weavers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weavers is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers
How Far From Coletown 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 Coletown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coletown and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Coletown 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Coletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Coletown 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 Coletown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1346, Longitude: -84.7026 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.545 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.924 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.68 degrees. |
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