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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 Cohassett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cohassett and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cohassett:
    • 31.394889, -86.693299
    • 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 Cohassett
  • 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 Conecuh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conecuh County
    • Since Cohassett is near Covington County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Cohassett

Communities Also Named Cohassett ...

We found two communities that are also named Cohassett.

Within Alabama, the name Cohassett is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Cohassett [Duval County].
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Cohassett is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cohassett that is located in Conecuh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Cohassett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cohassett ...

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.

  • Boston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Boston is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Clearview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Clearview is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Dunns
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dunns is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
  • Flat Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Georgiaville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Georgiaville is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville
  • Jay Villa ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
  • Paul
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Paul is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
  • Red Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Red Level is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Salter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Salter is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
  • Shell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Shell is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cohassett and extending to:

  • Evergreen, which is the Seat of Conecuh County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cohassett to Evergreen, 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.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 71 miles [114.3 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 about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cohassett 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cohassett) 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 Cohassett 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 Cohassett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3949, Longitude: -86.6933       In this case, the coordinates for Cohassett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.461 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.746 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.685 degrees.