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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 Cook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cook 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 Cook:
- 31.975166, -93.837686
- 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 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Since Cook is near Sabine Parish and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Cook
Communities Also Named Cook ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Cook.
Within Louisiana, the name Cook is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleveland 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 Arkansas community of Cook [Cleveland County].
- Florida
- Bay County
- This Cook is located in Bay County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Cook.
- 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 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cook.
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- This Cook is located in Cloud County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cloud County community of Cook.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Cook is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<2> to the north of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Cook.
- Nebraska
- Johnson County
- This Cook is located in Johnson County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<2> to the north of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Cook.
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This Cook is located in Fayette County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Cook.
- Oklahoma
- Atoka County
- This Cook is located in Atoka County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atoka County community of Cook.
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- This Cook is located in Clackamas County and lies 1,797 miles [2,892 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Cook.
- 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 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<2> to the east of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cook.
- Texas
- Cooke County
- This Cook is located in Cooke County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Cook.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Cook is located in Davis County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Cook.
- Virginia
- Carroll 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 Virginia community of Cook [Carroll County].
- Washington
- Skamania County
- This Cook is located in Skamania County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cook that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Cook.
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.
- Coker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coker is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
- Grand Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Halcyon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halcyon is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Hunter
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Meadow Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Meadow Park is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Porter Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Place is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Place
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Spider ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spider is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Wood Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Springs is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
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 and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Cook once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cook and extending to:
- Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cook to Mansfield, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 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 parish. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9752, Longitude: -93.8377 In this case, the coordinates for Cook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.903 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.994 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.464 degrees. |
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