Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cottage Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottage Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cottage Park
- 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 Park:
- 42.370931, -70.986994
- 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 Park
- 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Cottage Park is near Middlesex County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Park ...
We found three communities that share the name Cottage Park.
Within Massachusetts, the name Cottage Park is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cottage Park [Chippewa County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Cottage Park is located in Chautauqua County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the west of the Cottage Park that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Cottage Park.
- Virginia
- Norfolk City
- This Cottage Park is located in Norfolk City and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cottage Park that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Cottage Park.
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottage Park ...
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.
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
- Cottage Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cottage Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Crescent Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Crescent Beach is located in Suffolk County
- Downtown Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downtown Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downtown Crossing
- Downtown Crossing is located in Suffolk County
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Everett is located in Middlesex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
- Fells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Fields Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fields Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Corner
- Fields Corner is located in Suffolk County
- Fort Independence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Independence
- Fort Independence is located in Suffolk County
- Grove Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
- Grove Hall is located in Suffolk County
- Hull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Hull is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
- Little Nahant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Nahant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nahant
- Little Nahant is located in Essex County
- Longwood Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Station
- Longwood Station is located in Norfolk County
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- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Meeting House Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeting House Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Meeting House Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Pleasant Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Stony Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Stony Beach is located in Plymouth County
- Winter Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill
- Winter Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
How Far From Cottage Park to ...
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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cottage Park and extending to:
- Boston, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies just to the West.
- 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]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cottage Park to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,083 miles [6,571 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cottage Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Park 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cottage Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cottage Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3709, Longitude: -70.9870 In this case, the coordinates for Cottage Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.93 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.522 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.533 degrees. |