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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 Coahulla Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coahulla Ranch 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 Coahulla Ranch:
- 35.040353, -84.849943
- 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 Coahulla Ranch
- 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Since Coahulla Ranch is near Whitfield County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Coahulla Ranch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coahulla Ranch ...
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.
- Cedar Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- Flint Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flint Springs is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Springs
- Gap Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Spring is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Spring
- Pumpkin Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Red Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Sugar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Wildwood Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
How Far From Coahulla Ranch 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 Coahulla Ranch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coahulla Ranch and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the North.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Coahulla Ranch to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 506 miles [814.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,107 miles [11,437.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coahulla Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Coahulla Ranch 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 Coahulla Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0404, Longitude: -84.8499 In this case, the coordinates for Coahulla Ranch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.577 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.232 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.155 degrees. |
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