Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cottage Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottage Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cottage Hill
- 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 Hill:
- 39.516985, -87.149182
- 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 Cottage Hill
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Cottage Hill is near Vigo County and also Parke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vigo County
- eBird sighting report for Parke 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 Cottage Hill ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Cottage Hill.
Within Indiana, the name Cottage Hill is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cottage Hill.
- Mobile County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Mobile County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km] to the south of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Cottage Hill.
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cottage Hill [Saint Clair County].
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cottage Hill [Benton County].
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Escambia County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Cottage Hill.
- Illinois
- Putnam County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cottage Hill [Putnam County].
- Iowa
- Dubuque County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Cottage Hill.
- Kansas
- Marshall County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Cottage Hill.
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Suffolk County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Cottage Hill.
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Cottage Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This Cottage Hill is located in Clarion County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottage Hill that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Cottage Hill.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottage Hill ...
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.
- Bee Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Bee Ridge is located in Clay County
- Billtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billtown
- Billtown is located in Clay County
- Billville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Brazil
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Brazil is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,990 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brazil <4>
- Cloverland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cloverland is located in Clay County
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hoosierville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoosierville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosierville
- Hoosierville is located in Clay County
- Knightsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Purdy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Hill
- Purdy Hill is located in Clay County
- Shady Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Lane is located in Clay County
- Twin Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Beach
- Twin Beach is located in Clay County
How Far From Cottage Hill 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 Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cottage Hill and extending to:
- Brazil, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Cottage Hill to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 542 miles [872.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cottage Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clay County: www.claycountyin.gov/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cottage Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cottage Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5170, Longitude: -87.1492 In this case, the coordinates for Cottage Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Hill 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. |
| <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 Cottage Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.112 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.627 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.998 degrees. |