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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 Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Valley 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 Valley:
- 36.970910, -95.858869
- 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 Valley
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Cotton Valley is near Montgomery County and also Nowata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nowata 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 Valley
Communities Also Named Cotton Valley ...
We found four communities that are also named Cotton Valley.
Within Oklahoma, the name Cotton Valley is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Macon County
- This Cotton Valley is located in Macon County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cotton Valley that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cotton Valley.
- Louisiana
- Webster Parish
- This Cotton Valley is located in Webster Parish and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cotton Valley that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Cotton Valley.
- New Hampshire
- Carroll 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 New Hampshire community of Cotton Valley [Carroll County].
- South Carolina
- Dillon County
- This Cotton Valley is located in Dillon County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the east of the Cotton Valley that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Cotton Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Valley ...
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.
- Blake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blake is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Bolton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bolton is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Coffeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dearing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Havana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Havana is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Hickory Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Peru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Wayside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Cotton Valley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cotton Valley and extending to:
- Bartlesville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cotton Valley to Bartlesville, 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.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,357 miles [8,621.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Valley) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cotton Valley 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 Cotton Valley 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 Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9709, Longitude: -95.8589 In this case, the coordinates for Cotton Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.794 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.657 degrees. |
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