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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 Cottle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottle 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 Cottle:
    • 37.888977, -83.203786
    • 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 Cottle
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Cottle is near Magoffin County and also Elliott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott 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 Cottle

Communities Also Named Cottle ...

We found four communities that are also named Cottle.

Within Kentucky, the name Cottle is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Berrien County
      • This Cottle is located in Berrien County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the south of the Cottle that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Cottle.
    • Texas
      • Cottle 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 Texas community of Cottle [Cottle County].
    • Utah
      • Cache 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 Utah community of Cottle [Cache County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas County
      • This Cottle is located in Nicholas County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottle that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Cottle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottle ...

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.

  • Bear Wallow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
  • Dingus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dingus is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus
  • Elkfork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkfork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork
  • Gordon Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gordon Ford is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Ford
  • Harper
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Harper is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Holliday
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holliday is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Index
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Index is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Jones Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jones Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
  • Liberty Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
  • Licking River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Licking River is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licking River
  • Logville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Logville is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville
  • Neal Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Neal Valley is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Valley
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Panama
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Panama is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
    • Pomp
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pomp is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomp
    • Rockhouse
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockhouse is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Rush Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rush Branch is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Branch
    • Stacy Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stacy Fork is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Fork
    • Straight Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek

How Far From Cottle 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 Cottle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cottle and extending to:

  • West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cottle to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Cottle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cottle 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>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 Cottle 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 Cottle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8890, Longitude: -83.2038       In this case, the coordinates for Cottle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.625 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.546 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.685 degrees.