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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hill:
    • 41.390588, -79.583445
    • 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 Hill
  • 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
    • Since Coal Hill is near Clarion County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Hill

Communities Also Named Coal Hill ...

We found seven communities that are also named Coal Hill.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Coal Hill.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Coal Hill [Centre County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Johnson County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Coal Hill.
    • Missouri
      • Cedar County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Cedar County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Coal Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Muskingum County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Coal Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Morgan County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Morgan County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Coal Hill.
      • Scott County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Scott County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km] to the southwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Coal Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 Virginia community of Coal Hill [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal Hill ...

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Eagle Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Rock is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
  • Fern
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fern is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
  • Grandview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandview is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Green Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Oaks is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
  • Henrys Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Henrys Bend is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Bend
  • Hill City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill City is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
  • Maple Shade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Shade is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Oil City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • President
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Rose Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rose Gardens is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Gardens
  • Sawtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sawtown is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtown
  • Stanleys Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Stanleys Corner is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleys Corner
  • Twin Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks

How Far From Coal Hill 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 Coal Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coal Hill and extending to:

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Coal Hill to Franklin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coal Hill 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' (or 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- Coal Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hill 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 Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3906, Longitude: -79.5834       In this case, the coordinates for Coal Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.277 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.398 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.881 degrees.