Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coalville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coalville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coalville
- 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 Coalville:
- 40.918101, -111.397934
- 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 Coalville
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Coalville is near Morgan County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake 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 Coalville ...
We found eight communities that share the name Coalville.
Within Utah, the name Coalville is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- North Carolina
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Coalville ...
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.
- Castle Rock ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Summit County
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Slide have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Echo is located in Summit County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <5>
- Echo Resort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Resort
- Echo Resort is located in Summit County
- Grass Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Grass Creek is located in Summit County
- Jeremy Ranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeremy Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy Ranch
- Jeremy Ranch is located in Summit County
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Mountain Top Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top Park
- Mountain Top Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Porterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Richville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Silver Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Summit County
- Summit Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
How Far From Coalville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Coalville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coalville and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Coalville to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,745 miles [12,464.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coalville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Summit County: www.co.summit.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Coalville 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coalville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coalville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9181, Longitude: -111.3979 |
| <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 Coalville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Coalville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.551 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.06 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.469 degrees. |