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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 Cotton Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Place 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 Cotton Place:
- 32.224846, -103.663258
- 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 Cotton Place
- 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 Lea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lea County
- Since Cotton Place is near Eddy County and also Reeves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eddy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reeves 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 Cotton Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Place ...
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.
- Halfway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lookout is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Loving
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Red Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Robinson Arms Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
- Rock House Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
How Far From Cotton Place 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 Cotton Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cotton Place and extending to:
- Lovington, which is the Seat of Lea County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cotton Place to Lovington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,009 miles [12,889.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 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' (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- Cotton Place) 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 Cotton Place 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 Cotton Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2248, Longitude: -103.6633 In this case, the coordinates for Cotton Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.625 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.963 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.903 degrees. |
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