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we pass this GPS location for Cottage Hill:
42.368153, -70.968938
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We found eleven communities that share the name Cottage Hill.
Within Massachusetts, the name Cottage Hill is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, 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 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk 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 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km] to the southwest of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk 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 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk 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].
Indiana
Clay County
This Cottage Hill is located in Clay County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cottage Hill.
Iowa
Dubuque County
This Cottage Hill is located in Dubuque County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk 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 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Cottage Hill.
Ohio
Muskingum County
This Cottage Hill is located in Muskingum County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk 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 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage Hill that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Cottage Hill.
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the west (W).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cottage Hill to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,499 miles [8,849.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,083 miles [6,571 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 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: 42.3682, Longitude: -70.9689 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 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 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>
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 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.
<6>
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.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.92 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.51 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.526 degrees.