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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 Mine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal Mine 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 Mine:
    • 36.560914, -84.187431
    • 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 Mine
  • 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Since Coal Mine is near Whitley County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Mine

Communities Also Named Coal Mine ...

We found five communities that are also named Coal Mine.

Within Tennessee, the name Coal Mine is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian 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 Arkansas community of Coal Mine [Sebastian County].
    • Iowa
      • Boone 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 Iowa community of Coal Mine [Boone County].
    • Texas
      • Medina County
      • This Coal Mine is located in Medina County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Coal Mine that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Coal Mine.
      • Palo Pinto 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 Texas community of Coal Mine [Palo Pinto County].
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah 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 Mine [Shenandoah County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal Mine ...

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.

  • Elk Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
  • Highcliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Highcliff is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highcliff
  • Little White Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Little White Oak is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little White Oak
  • Lot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
  • Mountain Ash
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ash
  • Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Mountain is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
  • Pleasant View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Red Ash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
  • Stinking Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stinking Creek is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinking Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Coal Mine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Coal Mine and extending to:

  • Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Coal Mine to Jacksboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 146 miles [235 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 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 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 Mine 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 '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- Coal Mine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coal Mine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mine 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 Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5609, Longitude: -84.1874       In this case, the coordinates for Coal Mine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.216 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.032 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.484 degrees.