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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 Cottleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cottleville 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 Cottleville:
- 38.751409, -90.658164
- 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 Cottleville
- 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 Saint Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles County
- Since Cottleville is near Saint Louis County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Cottleville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cottleville ...
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.
- All Saints Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Gumbo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Harvester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jacobs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Josephville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Kampville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kampville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampville
- Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Mechanicsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Monarch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Monarch is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
How Far From Cottleville 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 city such as Cottleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cottleville and extending to:
- Saint Charles, which is the Seat of Saint Charles County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cottleville to Jefferson City, 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 5 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 732 miles [1,178 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cottleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cottleville 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 Cottleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7514, Longitude: -90.6582 In this case, the coordinates for Cottleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.38 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.125 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.837 degrees. |
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