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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 Cottons Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottons Crossroads 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 Cottons Crossroads:
- 32.878184, -85.117717
- 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 Cottons Crossroads
- 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 Troup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
- Since Cottons Crossroads is near Chambers County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 Cottons Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottons Crossroads ...
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.
- Cannonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cannonville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonville
- Gray Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Hill is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hill
- Hogg Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hogg Mountain is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Mountain
- Jones Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Little Shawmut
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Shawmut is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shawmut
- Long Cane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Magnolia Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Ferry is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ferry
- Old Chimney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Chimney is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chimney
- Pioneer Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Plant City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Smoke Rise
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Valley is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
How Far From Cottons Crossroads 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 community such as Cottons Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cottons Crossroads and extending to:
- LaGrange, which is the Seat of Troup County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cottons Crossroads to LaGrange, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cottons Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cottons Crossroads 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 Cottons Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8782, Longitude: -85.1177 In this case, the coordinates for Cottons Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.639 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.773 degrees. |
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