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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 Cottage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottage 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 Cottage:
- 39.983367, -92.581580
- 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 Cottage
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Cottage is near Adair County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Cottage
Communities Also Named Cottage ...
We found seven communities that are also named Cottage.
Within Missouri, the name Cottage is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Cottage is located in Cook County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottage that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Cottage.
- Iowa
- Hardin 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 Iowa community of Cottage [Hardin County].
- Maine
- Aroostook 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 Maine community of Cottage [Aroostook County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottage that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Cottage.
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- This Cottage is located in Huntingdon County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the east of the Cottage that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Cottage.
- Quebec
- This Cottage lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cottage that is located in Macon County.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Cottage is located in Berkeley County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cottage that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Cottage.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottage ...
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.
- Cash
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Dart ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dart is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dart
- Economy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Elmer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Ethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Love Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Mercyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mercyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercyville
- Plainview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Sue City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Cottage 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 Cottage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cottage and extending to:
- Macon, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cottage to Macon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cottage) 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 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 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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 Cottage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9834, Longitude: -92.5816 In this case, the coordinates for Cottage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.829 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.493 degrees. |
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