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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 Cotterel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotterel 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 Cotterel:
- 42.517132, -113.459169
- 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 Cotterel
- 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 Cassia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cassia County
- Since Cotterel is near Blaine County and also Minidoka County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blaine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Minidoka 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 Cotterel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotterel ...
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.
- Beetville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beetville is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetville
- Elba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hazel ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Idahome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Idahome is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idahome
- Malta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Raft River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raft River is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raft River
- Ruby
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ruby is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Unity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- View is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
How Far From Cotterel 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 Cotterel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cotterel and extending to:
- Burley, which is the Seat of Cassia County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cotterel to Burley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,907 miles [3,069 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,697 miles [12,387.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cotterel) 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 Cotterel 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 Cotterel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5171, Longitude: -113.4592 In this case, the coordinates for Cotterel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.321 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.56 degrees. |
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