Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Coaldan:
  • 37.161502, -81.789837
  • 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 Coaldan

• 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
  • Since Coaldan is near Buchanan County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Coaldan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coaldan ...

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.

• Bearwallow
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bearwallow is located in Buchanan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
• Busthead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Busthead is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
• Cedar Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 998 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluff <1>
• Fork Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fork Ridge is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
• Horn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Horn is located in Buchanan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
• Indian
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indian is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian
• Jewell Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jewell Ridge is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Ridge
• Jewell Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jewell Valley is located in Buchanan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Valley
• Pleasant Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Premier
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Premier is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
• Raven
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Raven is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
• Red Ash
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Ash is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
• Seaboard
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Seaboard is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
• Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sulphur Spring is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coaldan and extending to:

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coaldan to Tazewell, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 284 miles [457.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'