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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 Coleman Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coleman Falls 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 Coleman Falls:
- 37.501034, -79.302815
- 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 Coleman Falls
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Coleman Falls is near Amherst County and also Lynchburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amherst County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lynchburg City
- 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 Coleman Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coleman Falls ...
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.
- Clay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Coffee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coffee is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
- Eagles Eyrie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eagles Eyrie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Eyrie
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Dale is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Ivanhoe Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ivanhoe Forest is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Forest
- Keystone Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone Forest is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Forest
- Major
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Major is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Maple Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadow Wood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Meadow Wood is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Panorama Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Panorama Hills is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Peakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peakland is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakland
- Pleasant View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Three Fountains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Three Fountains is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Fountains
How Far From Coleman Falls 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 Coleman Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coleman Falls and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Coleman Falls to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coleman Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Coleman Falls 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 Coleman Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5010, Longitude: -79.3028 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.29 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.822 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.162 degrees. |
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