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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 Coville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coville 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 Coville:
- 48.126755, -123.629360
- 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 Coville
- 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 Clallam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clallam 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 Coville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coville ...
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.
- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Joyce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Olympic Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olympic Hot Springs is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hot Springs
- Shadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shadow is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow
- Snug Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Whiskey Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whiskey Bend is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bend
- Windy Arm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Windy Arm is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Arm
How Far From Coville 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 Coville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coville and extending to:
- Port Angeles, which is the Seat of Clallam County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Coville to Port Angeles, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 2,379 miles [3,828.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,518 miles [12,099 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,661 miles [9,110.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 from Point A (ie- Coville) 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 Coville 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 Coville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1268, Longitude: -123.6294 In this case, the coordinates for Coville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.974 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.578 degrees. |
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