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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 Cooksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooksville 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 Cooksville:
- 40.543246, -88.716797
- 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 Cooksville
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Cooksville is near Ford County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Cooksville
Communities Also Named Cooksville ...
We found seven communities that are also named Cooksville.
Within Illinois, the name Cooksville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Heard County
- This Cooksville is located in Heard County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Cooksville.
- Kentucky
- Graves County
- This Cooksville is located in Graves County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the south of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Cooksville.
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Cooksville is located in Howard County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Cooksville.
- Mississippi
- Noxubee County
- This Cooksville is located in Noxubee County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the south of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Cooksville.
- North Carolina
- Catawba County
- This Cooksville is located in Catawba County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Cooksville.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Cooksville.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Cooksville is located in Rock County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the north of the Cooksville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Cooksville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooksville ...
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.
- Anchor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arrowsmith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Eagle Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Ridge is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
- Hedgewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hedgewood is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
- Holder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holder is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Shamrock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Timber Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Ridge is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Cooksville 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 village such as Cooksville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cooksville and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooksville to Bloomington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cooksville) 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 Cooksville 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cooksville 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 Cooksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5432, Longitude: -88.7168 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.148 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.468 degrees. |
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