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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 Cooktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooktown 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 Cooktown:
    • 32.550983, -92.657094
    • 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 Cooktown
  • 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 Lincoln Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln Parish
    • Since Cooktown is near Jackson Parish and also Union Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
  • 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 Cooktown

Communities Also Named Cooktown ...

We found six communities that are also named Cooktown.

Within Louisiana, the name Cooktown is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Miller County
      • This Cooktown is located in Miller County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the east of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Cooktown.
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Cooktown is located in Wilkinson County and lies 553 miles [890 km] to the east of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Cooktown.
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • This Cooktown is located in Barren County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Cooktown.
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell County
      • This Cooktown is located in Mitchell County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Cooktown.
    • Tennessee
      • Fentress County
      • This Cooktown is located in Fentress County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fentress County community of Cooktown.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Cooktown is located in Fairfax County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooktown that is located in Lincoln Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Cooktown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooktown ...

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.

  • Clay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Clay is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Hilly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hilly is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilly
  • Liberty Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Longstraw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Longstraw is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstraw
  • Mineral Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Redwine ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Redwine is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
  • Rock Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Corner is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Corner
  • Unionville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Wise ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wise is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise

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

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

  • Ruston, which is the Seat of Lincoln Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Cooktown to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,434 miles [8,745.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cooktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Cooktown 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 Cooktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5510, Longitude: -92.6571       In this case, the coordinates for Cooktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.214 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.265 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.884 degrees.