Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cooke City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooke City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cooke City

• 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 Cooke City:
  • 45.016607, -109.934071
  • 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 Cooke City

• 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 Park County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
  • Since Cooke City is near Park County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Cooke City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooke City ...

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.

• Alpine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Alpine is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Devils Den
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Devils Den is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Den
• Fossil Forest
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fossil Forest is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil Forest
• Independence ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Independence is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Lazy Day ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Lazy Day is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day
• Mountain View
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Silver Gate
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Silver Gate is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Gate
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Gate <1>
• Soda Butte ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Soda Butte is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Butte
• Tower Junction
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Tower Junction is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
• Yanceys
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Yanceys is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceys

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cooke City and extending to:

• Livingston, which is the Seat of Park County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooke City to Livingston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,455 miles [8,779 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'