Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cook
- 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:
- 39.547223, -97.611983
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cook
- 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 Cloud County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cloud County
- Since Cook is near Republic County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Republic County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cook ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Cook.
Within Kansas, the name Cook is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Indiana
- Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Cook [Bartholomew County].
- Lake County
- This Cook is located in Lake County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cook that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cook.
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Aiken 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 South Carolina community of Cook [Aiken County].
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cook [Anderson County].
- Williamsburg County
- This Cook is located in Williamsburg County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cook that is located in Cloud County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cook.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cook ...
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.
- Agenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Clyde is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <5>
- Cuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <5>
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Macyville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Randall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Strawberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in Washington County
How Far From Cook 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 Cook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cook and extending to:
- Concordia, which is the Seat of Cloud County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cook to Topeka, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5472, Longitude: -97.6120 In this case, the coordinates for Cook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.164 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.759 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.104 degrees. |