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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:
    • 35.593188, -81.475923
    • 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 Catawba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba County
    • Since Cooksville is near Lincoln County and also Burke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke 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 North Carolina, the name Cooksville is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, 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 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba 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 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Cooksville.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Cooksville is located in Graves County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Cooksville.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Cooksville is located in Howard County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba 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 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee 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 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cooksville that is located in Catawba 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.

  • Advent Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
  • Cat Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cat Square is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Square
  • Henry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Henry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Henry River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Henry River is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry River
  • Hulls Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads
  • Knob Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Knob Creek is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
  • Olive Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
  • Pine Mountain Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pine Mountain Lakes is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain Lakes
  • Plateau
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Plateau is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rockdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rockdale is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale

How Far From Cooksville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:

  • Newton, which is the Seat of Catawba County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cooksville to Newton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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: 35.5932, Longitude: -81.4759       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 310.59 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.029 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.646 degrees.