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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.

  • 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 Cooksville:
    • 36.612279, -88.523379
    • 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 Graves County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Graves County
    • Since Cooksville is near Calloway County and also Weakley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weakley 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 Kentucky, the name Cooksville is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, 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 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cooksville that is located in Graves County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Cooksville.
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • This Cooksville is located in McLean County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the north of the Cooksville that is located in Graves County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Cooksville.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Cooksville is located in Howard County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooksville that is located in Graves 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 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the south of the Cooksville that is located in Graves 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 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cooksville that is located in Graves 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 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the north of the Cooksville that is located in Graves 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.

  • Bell City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bell City is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
  • Coldwater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Coldwater is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Cuba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cuba is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Harris Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
  • Lynn Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lynn Grove is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Grove
  • Lynnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynnville is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
  • Penny
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Penny is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny
  • Stubblefield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stubblefield is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield

How Far From Cooksville 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 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:

  • Mayfield, which is the Seat of Graves County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooksville to Mayfield, 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.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- 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 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 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: 36.6123, Longitude: -88.5234       In this case, the coordinates for Cooksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.907 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.135 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.344 degrees.