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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 Cork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cork 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 Cork:
    • 33.216791, -83.863238
    • 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 Cork
  • 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 Butts County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butts County
    • Since Cork is near Monroe County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Cork

Communities Also Named Cork ...

We found eight communities that are also named Cork.

Within Georgia, the name Cork is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Graham County
      • This Cork is located in Graham County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the west of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Cork.
    • Kentucky
      • Metcalfe County
      • This Cork is located in Metcalfe County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Metcalfe County community of Cork.
    • Minnesota
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cork [Grant County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Cork lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • This Cork is located in Fulton County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cork.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Cork is located in Ashtabula County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Cork.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Cork is located in Allegheny County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cork that is located in Butts County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Cork.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cork [Tyler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cork ...

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.

  • Box Ankle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
  • Glover Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Glover Ferry is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Ferry
  • High Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • High Falls is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
  • Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Iron Springs Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Logwall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Logwall is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logwall
  • Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Sandy
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sandy is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Stark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stark is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
  • Waits Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Waits Ferry is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Ferry

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

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

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Butts County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Cork to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 546 miles [878.7 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 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Cork 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.
<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 Cork 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 Cork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2168, Longitude: -83.8632       In this case, the coordinates for Cork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.925 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.224 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.212 degrees.