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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 Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottage Gardens 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 Cottage Gardens:
- 34.106123, -117.268931
- 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 Gardens
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Cottage Gardens is near Riverside County and also Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Gardens
Communities Also Named Cottage Gardens ...
We found one communities that are also named Cottage Gardens.
There is one other community in California that is also named Cottage Gardens.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Stanislaus 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 California community of Cottage Gardens [Stanislaus County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottage Gardens ...
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.
- Amber Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amber Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Hills
- Arrowhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Crown Jewel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Jewel is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Jewel
- Garden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garden Park is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Harlem Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harlem Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marigold
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Nevada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Sunkist
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunkist is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist
- Valley Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Valley Gardens is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Gardens
- Warm Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Warm Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
How Far From Cottage Gardens 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 Cottage Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cottage Gardens and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cottage Gardens to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,239 miles [3,603.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,541 miles [12,136.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,309 miles [13,372 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gardens 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cottage Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gardens 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 Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1061, Longitude: -117.2689 In this case, the coordinates for Cottage Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.176 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.07 degrees. |
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