Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cotton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cotton
- 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:
- 43.426303, -112.088305
- 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 Cotton
- 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 Bonneville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bonneville County
- Since Cotton is near Bingham County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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
Communities Also Named Cotton ...
We found eight communities that share the name Cotton.
Within Idaho, the name Cotton is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Fannin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cotton [Fannin County].
- Grimes County
- This Cotton is located in Grimes County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cotton that is located in Bonneville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Cotton.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton ...
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.
- Bone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
- Bone is located in Bonneville County
- Firth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
- Firth is located in Bingham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <5>
- Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Idaho Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Falls
- Idaho Falls is located in Bonneville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,142 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho Falls <5>
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Ozone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Rising River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rising River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
- Rising River is located in Bingham County
- Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Wolverine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cotton 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 Cotton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cotton and extending to:
- Idaho Falls, which is the Seat of Bonneville County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cotton to Boise City, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,609 miles [12,245.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cotton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bonneville County: www.co.bonneville.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cotton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cotton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4263, Longitude: -112.0883 In this case, the coordinates for Cotton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Cotton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Cotton 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.305 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.16 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.659 degrees. |