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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 Cottage Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottage Hill 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 Cottage Hill:
    • 30.650191, -88.146113
    • 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 Cottage Hill
  • 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 Mobile County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
    • Since Cottage Hill is near Baldwin County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Cottage Hill

Communities Also Named Cottage Hill ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Cottage Hill.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Cottage Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Saint Clair 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 Alabama community of Cottage Hill [Saint Clair County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cottage Hill [Benton County].
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Escambia County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Illinois
      • Putnam 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 Illinois community of Cottage Hill [Putnam County].
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Clay County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the north of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the north of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Cottage Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Cottage Hill is located in Clarion County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Mobile County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Cottage Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottage Hill ...

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.

  • Deerwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Deerwood is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Edgefield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgefield is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Gulf Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gulf Dale is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Dale
  • Lloyds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lloyds is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
  • Park Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Park Forest is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
  • Pine Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Run is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
  • Regency
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Regency is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
  • Spring Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Spring Valley is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Suburban Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Suburban Heights is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
  • Sugar Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Sunset Ranch
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Sunset Ranch is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ranch
  • Timbers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbers is located in Mobile County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbers

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

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

  • Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cottage Hill to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cottage Hill) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cottage Hill 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cottage Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cottage Hill 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 Cottage Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6502, Longitude: -88.1461       In this case, the coordinates for Cottage Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.25 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.559 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.372 degrees.