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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 City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coal City 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 Coal City:
- 39.666504, -111.01543
- 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 City
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Coal City is near Emery County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 City
Communities Also Named Coal City ...
We found six communities that are also named Coal City.
Within Utah, the name Coal City is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- This Coal City is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,427 miles [2,296.5 km]<1> to the east of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Coal City.
- Illinois
- Grundy County
- This Coal City is located in Grundy County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Coal City.
- Indiana
- Owen County
- This Coal City is located in Owen County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the east of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Coal City.
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- This Coal City is located in Appanoose County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the east of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Coal City.
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- This Coal City is located in Venango County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Coal City.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Coal City is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<1> to the east of the Coal City that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Coal City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal City ...
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.
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mutual ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- National ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peerless ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rains ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Canyon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Standardville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wildcat
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wildcat is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Coal City 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 City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coal City and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coal City to Price, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,810 miles [12,569 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coal City) 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 Coal City 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 City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6665, Longitude: -111.0154 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.13 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.451 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.341 degrees. |
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