Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
- 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 Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns:
- 36.415112, -118.011954
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
- 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Inyo 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
- Boulder Creek is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Boulder Creek
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Boulder Creek
- Dolomite ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
- Dolomite is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dolomite
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Dolomite
- Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Grant is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Grant
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Grant
- Haiwee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haiwee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haiwee
- Haiwee is located in Inyo County
- Haiwee has also been known as:
- Enchanted Lake Village
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Haiwee
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Haiwee
- Lone Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lone Pine is located in Inyo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Pine <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lone Pine
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Lone Pine
- Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Station
- Lone Pine Station is located in Inyo County
- Lone Pine Station has also been known as:
- Mount Whitney
- Whitney
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lone Pine Station
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Lone Pine Station
- Mock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Mock is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mock
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Mock
- Tramway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tramway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Tramway is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tramway
- From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Tramway
How Far From Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns 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 Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to Independence, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,227 miles [3,584 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,181 miles [13,166 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4151, Longitude: -118.0120 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.365 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.451 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.51 degrees. |