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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 Cooks Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooks Crossing 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 Cooks Crossing:
    • 33.626777, -84.474373
    • 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 Cooks Crossing
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Cooks Crossing is near Clayton County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Cooks Crossing

Communities Also Named Cooks Crossing ...

We found three communities that are also named Cooks Crossing.

Within Georgia, the name Cooks Crossing is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Cooks Crossing lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cooks Crossing that is located in Fulton County.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Cooks Crossing is located in Carroll County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cooks Crossing that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cooks Crossing.
    • North Carolina
      • Cabarrus County
      • This Cooks Crossing is located in Cabarrus County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooks Crossing that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabarrus County community of Cooks Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Crossing ...

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.

  • Bench Mark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bench Mark is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench Mark
  • Brandy Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Brandy Chase is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Chase
  • Castlegate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Castlegate is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Cheeko Manor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheeko Manor is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeko Manor
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillandale is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Jamestown Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jamestown Court is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Court
  • Lakeview Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Limetree
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Limetree is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limetree
  • Malibu
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Malibu is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
  • Normandy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Normandy is located in Clayton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
  • Pleasant Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Red Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Red Wing Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
    • Sun Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Sunrise
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sunrise is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Twin Creeks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Creeks is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

How Far From Cooks Crossing 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 Cooks Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Atlanta, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cooks Crossing to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cooks Crossing) 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 Cooks Crossing 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 Cooks Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6268, Longitude: -84.4744       In this case, the coordinates for Cooks Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.299 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.713 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.35 degrees.