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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 Cooleys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooleys 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 Cooleys:
    • 39.245560, -94.228835
    • 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 Cooleys
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Cooleys is near Jackson County and also Ray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray 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 Cooleys

Communities Also Named Cooleys ...

We found one communities that are also named Cooleys.

Within Missouri, the name Cooleys is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Cooleys in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Franklin 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 Cooleys [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooleys ...

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.

  • Chick ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chick is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick
  • Cobbler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cobbler is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbler
  • Coopers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coopers is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
  • Crescent Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Crystal Lakes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Elkhorn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkhorn is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Floyd
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Floyd is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Golf Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Golf Hill is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
  • Homestead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Homestead is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • New Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Garden is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
  • Six-Mile
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Six-Mile is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six-Mile
  • Stockdale ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockdale is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
  • Wood Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wood Heights is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
  • Woods Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods Heights is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights

How Far From Cooleys 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 Cooleys 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<2> community of Cooleys once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cooleys and extending to:

  • Liberty, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cooleys to Liberty, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 920 miles [1,480.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Cooleys 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>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 Cooleys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cooleys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cooleys 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 Cooleys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2456, Longitude: -94.2288       In this case, the coordinates for Cooleys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.80 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.983 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.46 degrees.