Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cotton Belt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Belt and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cotton Belt

• 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 Cotton Belt:
  • 36.093123, -90.461772
  • 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 Cotton Belt

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Cotton Belt is near Dunklin County and also Craighead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead 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 Cotton Belt

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Belt ...

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.

• Bard
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bard is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
• Camp Ground
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Camp Ground is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
• Cockrum
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
• Green High
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Green High is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green High
• Hillside ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillside is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
• Marmaduke
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marmaduke is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaduke
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmaduke <1>
• Paris ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Paris is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Pine Knot
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Knot is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
• Rock Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Hill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
• Twin Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Twin Oaks is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
• Unity
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Unity is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cotton Belt and extending to:

• Paragould, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cotton Belt to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'