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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 Cotton Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Town 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 Cotton Town:
    • 35.113143, -93.053229
    • 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 Town
  • 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
    • Since Cotton Town is near Conway County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Town

Communities Also Named Cotton Town ...

We found three communities that are also named Cotton Town.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Cotton Town.

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

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Logan County
      • This Cotton Town is located in Logan County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cotton Town that is located in Yell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cotton Town.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Blair County
      • This Cotton Town is located in Blair County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cotton Town that is located in Yell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Cotton Town.
    • Virginia
      • Cumberland County
      • This Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cotton Town that is located in Yell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cotton Town.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Town ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Centerville is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Divide ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Divide is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Fowler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fowler is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
  • Gold Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gold Hill is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Holla Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holla Bend is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
  • Homewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Homewood is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Lakeview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Libby Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Libby Ferry is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Ferry
  • Pontoon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pontoon is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
  • Prosperity
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Prosperity is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Reeds Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reeds Ferry is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry

How Far From Cotton Town to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Cotton Town to Little Rock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 919 miles [1,479 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,453 miles [11,994.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cotton Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Cotton Town 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 Cotton Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1131, Longitude: -93.0532       In this case, the coordinates for Cotton Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.719 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.189 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.656 degrees.