Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cook Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cook Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cook Heights

• 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 Heights:
  • 31.797695, -82.353740
  • 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 Heights

• 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 Appling County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Appling County
  • Since Cook Heights is near Toombs County and also Jeff Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Toombs County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jeff Davis 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 Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cook Heights ...

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.

• Bassville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bassville is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville
• English Eddy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • English Eddy is located in Toombs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
• Falling Rocks
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Falling Rocks is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rocks
• Graham
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Graham is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
• Grays Landing
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Grays Landing is located in Toombs County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
• Manns Ferry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Manns Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Ferry
• Piney Bluff Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Piney Bluff Ferry is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Bluff Ferry
• Spring Branch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Spring Branch is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
• Zion
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion is located in Appling County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Cook Heights 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 Cook Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cook Heights and extending to:

• Baxley, which is the Seat of Appling County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cook Heights to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,128 miles [11,471.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,013 miles [8,067.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'