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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 Cotter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotter 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 Cotter:
- 36.281709, -92.521196
- 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 Cotter
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since Cotter is near Marion County and also Searcy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy 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 Cotter
Communities Also Named Cotter ...
We found two communities that are also named Cotter.
Within Arkansas, the name Cotter is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Madison 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 Illinois community of Cotter [Madison County].
- Iowa
- Louisa County
- This Cotter is located in Louisa County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the north of the Cotter that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Cotter.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotter ...
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.
- Amos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Bull Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gassville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hand Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hand Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand Valley
- Independence ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Kingdom Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingdom Springs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Springs
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monkey Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monkey Run is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Mountain Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stone ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stone is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
How Far From Cotter 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 city such as Cotter to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cotter and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cotter to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Cotter 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cotter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cotter 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 Cotter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2817, Longitude: -92.5212 In this case, the coordinates for Cotter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.464 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.047 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.21 degrees. |
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