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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:
- 40.620901, -77.984448
- 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 Huntingdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- Since Cottage is near Centre County and also Mifflin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin 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 Pennsylvania, the name Cottage is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, 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 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cottage that is located in Huntingdon 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].
- Missouri
- Macon County
- This Cottage is located in Macon County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cottage that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cottage.
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cottage that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Cottage.
- Quebec
- This Cottage lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cottage that is located in Huntingdon County.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Cottage is located in Berkeley County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cottage that is located in Huntingdon 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.
- Charteroak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Charteroak is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charteroak
- Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fairbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Manor Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Manor Hill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hill
- Pennsylvania Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pennsylvania Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsylvania Furnace
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Rockspring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockspring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspring
- Seven Stars
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Spruce Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Warrior Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Warrior Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Ridge
How Far From Cottage 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 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:
- Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Huntingdon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cottage to Huntingdon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 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 drawn 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 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 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: 40.6209, Longitude: -77.9844 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 308.343 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.22 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.454 degrees. |
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