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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 Coatesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coatesville 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 Coatesville:
- 39.983072, -75.823799
- 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 Coatesville
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Coatesville is near Lancaster County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks 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 Coatesville
Communities Also Named Coatesville ...
We found three communities that are also named Coatesville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Coatesville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Hendricks County
- This Coatesville is located in Hendricks County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the west of the Coatesville that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendricks County community of Coatesville.
- Missouri
- Schuyler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Coatesville [Schuyler County].
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Coatesville is located in Hanover County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coatesville that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Coatesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coatesville ...
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 south)
- Cedar Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corner Ketch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Corner Ketch is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
- Doe Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Doe Run is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Fisherville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fisherville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Gallagherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gallagherville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville
- Goosetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Goosetown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
- Icedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Icedale is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icedale
- Little Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Washington is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
- Martins Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martins Corner is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Romansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Romansville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romansville
- Spruces
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spruces is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruces
- Towerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Towerville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Wagontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wagontown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown
How Far From Coatesville 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 city such as Coatesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coatesville and extending to:
- West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Coatesville to West Chester, with an average speed<3> 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 59 miles [95 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 98 miles [157.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,384 miles [7,055.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coatesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Coatesville 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. |
| <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 Coatesville 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 Coatesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9831, Longitude: -75.8238 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.092 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.702 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.764 degrees. |
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