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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 Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Center and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Center:
    • 33.509829, -96.121919
    • 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 Center
  • 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
    • Since Cotton Center is near Hunt County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 Center

Communities Also Named Cotton Center ...

We found three communities that are also named Cotton Center.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Cotton Center.

Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Hale County
      • This Cotton Center is located in Hale County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the west of the Cotton Center that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Cotton Center.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Cotton Center is located in Maricopa County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cotton Center that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Cotton Center.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Cotton Center is located in Tulare County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cotton Center that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Cotton Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Center ...

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.

  • Clutter Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Clutter Point is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clutter Point
  • English
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • English is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Flag Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Flag Springs is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
  • Flat Prairie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Flat Prairie is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Prairie
  • Hail
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hail is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
  • Prairie Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Prairie Point is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
  • Randolph
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rogers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rogers is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Silver City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Silver City is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City

How Far From Cotton Center 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 Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cotton Center and extending to:

  • Bonham, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cotton Center to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,534 miles [8,906.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cotton Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Center 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 Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5098, Longitude: -96.1219       In this case, the coordinates for Cotton Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.58 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.155 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.27 degrees.