Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Cosfort:
  • 36.099019, -81.333703
  • 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 Cosfort

• 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
  • Since Cosfort is near Caldwell County and also Watauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Watauga 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 Cosfort

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cosfort ...

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.

• Boomer
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Boomer is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
• Brown ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brown is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
• Buck
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Buck is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
• Denny ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Denny is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
• East Fruitland ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • East Fruitland is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fruitland
• Elkville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elkville is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkville
• Harley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harley is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
• Kings Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
• Maple Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Springs is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
• Mount Pleasant
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Parsonville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Parsonville is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
• Ready Branch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ready Branch is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready Branch
• Stokes ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stokes is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
• Thankful
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Thankful is located in Wilkes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thankful

How Far From Cosfort 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 Cosfort 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<1> community of Cosfort once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cosfort and extending to:

• Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cosfort to Wilkesboro, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 152 miles [244.6 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'