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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 Coffman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffman 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 Coffman:
- 40.051741, -79.381979
- 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 Coffman
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Coffman is near Westmoreland County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Coffman
Communities Also Named Coffman ...
We found seven communities that are also named Coffman.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Coffman is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- This Coffman is located in Greene County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coffman that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Coffman.
- Lawrence County
- This Coffman is located in Lawrence County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the west southwest of the Coffman that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Coffman.
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Coffman is located in Ohio County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coffman that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Coffman.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Coffman is located in Harford County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east of the Coffman that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Coffman.
- Missouri
- Perry County
- Although located in Perry County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Coffman.
- Sainte Genevieve County
- This Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west of the Coffman that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Coffman.
- Nebraska
- Washington 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 Nebraska community of Coffman [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffman ...
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.
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Rocks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Champion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Donegal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Indian Head
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Jones Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Normalville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rogers Mill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
- Seven Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Coffman 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 Coffman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coffman and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coffman to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east (E). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coffman) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Coffman 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'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 Coffman 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 Coffman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0517, Longitude: -79.3820 In this case, the coordinates for Coffman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.23 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.139 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.292 degrees. |
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