Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Coakley Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coakley Town and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Coakley Town

• 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 Coakley Town:
  • 38.453458, -78.968363
  • 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 Coakley Town

• 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
  • Since Coakley Town is near Harrisonburg City and also Augusta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrisonburg City
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Augusta 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 Coakley Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coakley Town ...

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.

• Clover Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
• Green Mount
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Mount is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mount
• Lilly
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
• Montezuma
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Montezuma is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
• New Erection
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Erection is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Erection
• Rushville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rushville is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
• Sparkling Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sparkling Springs is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkling Springs
• Spring Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
• Union Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Union Springs is located in Rockingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Springs

How Far From Coakley Town 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 Coakley Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coakley Town and extending to:

• Harrisonburg, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies just to the East.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Coakley Town to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,582 miles [7,374 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'