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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coal Mine
- 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:
- 29.226627, -98.812247
- 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.
- 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 Medina County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Medina County
- Since Coal Mine is near Atascosa County and also Bexar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
- eBird sighting report for Bexar 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Coal Mine ...
We found five communities that share the name Coal Mine.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Coal Mine.
Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Tennessee
- Virginia
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.
- Anchorage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Bigfoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigfoot
- Bigfoot is located in Frio County
- Bigfoot has also been known as:
- Big Foot Colonia
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bigfoot <4>
- Castroville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
- Castroville is located in Medina County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <4>
- Crown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Hondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hondo
- Hondo is located in Medina County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hondo <4>
- Miguel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - New Fountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
- New Fountain is located in Medina County
- Valley Hi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Yancey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yancey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
- Yancey is located in Medina County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yancey <4>
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, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Coal Mine and extending to:
- Hondo, which is the Seat of Medina County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<5> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coal Mine to Hondo, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,408 miles [2,266 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,979 miles [12,841 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coal Mine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coal Mine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coal Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2266, Longitude: -98.8122 In this case, the coordinates for Coal Mine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.762 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.01 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.856 degrees. |