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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 Patch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cotton Patch 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 Patch:
- 28.984143, -97.616385
- 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 Patch
- 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 DeWitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeWitt County
- Since Cotton Patch is near Karnes County and also Gonzales County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Karnes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gonzales 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 Patch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cotton Patch ...
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.
- Angel City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Angel City is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Couch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Couch is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Mayo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Karnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Old Davy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Davy is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Davy
- Sample
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sample is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample
- Smiley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
How Far From Cotton Patch 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 Patch 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 Patch and extending to:
- Cuero, which is the Seat of DeWitt County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cotton Patch to Cuero, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,941 miles [12,779.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cotton Patch) 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 Patch 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 Patch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9841, Longitude: -97.6164 In this case, the coordinates for Cotton Patch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.928 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.991 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.362 degrees. |
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