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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 Cook's Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cook's Springs 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 Cook's Springs:
- 33.590103, -86.394425
- 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 Cook's Springs
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Cook's Springs is near Shelby County and also Talladega County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega 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 Cook's Springs
Communities Also Named Cook's Springs ...
We found one communities that are also named Cook's Springs.
Within Alabama, the name Cook's Springs is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Cook's Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Grayson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cook's Springs [Grayson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cook's Springs ...
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.
- Braggsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Braggsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggsville
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Copper Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Springs
- Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Glen City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Heritage Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Heritage Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Hundred Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hundred Oaks is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
- Hunting Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Margaret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Moody
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <2>
- Park Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Park Hill is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Parsons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Pine Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Orchard is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wolf Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Woodland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
How Far From Cook's Springs 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 Cook's Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cook's Springs and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cook's Springs to Ashville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south (S). 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 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cook's Springs 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cook's Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cook's Springs 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 Cook's Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5901, Longitude: -86.3944 In this case, the coordinates for Cook's Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.019 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.118 degrees. |
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