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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 Coal Castle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal Castle 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 Coal Castle:
- 40.722867, -76.245224
- 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 Coal Castle
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Coal Castle is near Columbia County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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 Coal Castle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal Castle ...
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.
- Buck Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buck Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Dark Water
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dark Water is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Water
- Forestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Frackville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frackville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Glen Carbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen Carbon is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Carbon
- Jonestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lorraine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lorraine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Marlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marlin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Minersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seltzer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seltzer is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltzer
How Far From Coal Castle to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coal Castle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coal Castle and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Coal Castle to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,787 miles [9,313.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coal Castle) 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 Coal Castle 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 Coal Castle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7229, Longitude: -76.2452 In this case, the coordinates for Coal Castle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.281 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.64 degrees. |
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