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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:
    • 35.995810, -84.460047
    • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Coal Hill is near Roane County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Tennessee that is also named Coal Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Scott County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Scott County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Coal Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Johnson County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the west of the Coal Hill that is located in Morgan 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 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coal Hill that is located in Morgan 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 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coal Hill that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Coal Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Coal Hill [Centre County].
      • Venango County
      • This Coal Hill is located in Venango County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coal Hill that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Coal Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 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.

  • Blair
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Blair is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Blue Gem ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Crookedfork ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
  • Gallagher Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gallagher Ferry is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ferry
  • Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grove is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
  • Holiday Shores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Jonesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jonesville is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Lake Shore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Shore is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Little Emory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Emory is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Emory
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Orchard View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Orchard View is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
    • Sugar Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Union
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Walnut Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whetstone ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Whetstone is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone

How Far From Coal Hill 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 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:

  • Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coal Hill to Wartburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 453 miles [729 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,337 miles [10,198.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coal Hill) 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 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.
<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 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: 35.9958, Longitude: -84.4600    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.37 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.129 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.749 degrees.