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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 Coatesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coatesville 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 Coatesville:
- 37.878752, -77.608320
- 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 Coatesville
- 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 Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
- Since Coatesville is near Caroline County and also Louisa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Louisa 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 Coatesville
Communities Also Named Coatesville ...
We found three communities that are also named Coatesville.
Within Virginia, the name Coatesville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Hendricks County
- This Coatesville is located in Hendricks County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coatesville that is located in Hanover County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendricks County community of Coatesville.
- Missouri
- Schuyler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Coatesville [Schuyler County].
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- This Coatesville is located in Chester County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coatesville that is located in Hanover County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Coatesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coatesville ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Fork is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fork
- Holliday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Houstons Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houstons Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstons Corner
- Jones Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jones Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Moodys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moodys Corner is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Corner
- Oliver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Scotchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
How Far From Coatesville 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 Coatesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coatesville and extending to:
- Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coatesville to Hanover, with an average speed<4> 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coatesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Coatesville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Coatesville 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 Coatesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8788, Longitude: -77.6083 In this case, the coordinates for Coatesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.282 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.729 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.334 degrees. |
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