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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 Cooks Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooks Mills 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 Cooks Mills:
    • 40.289278, -74.113474
    • 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 Cooks Mills
  • 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Since Cooks Mills is near Middlesex County and also Ocean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean 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 Cooks Mills

Communities Also Named Cooks Mills ...

We found four communities that are also named Cooks Mills.

Within New Jersey, the name Cooks Mills is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Coles County
      • This Cooks Mills is located in Coles County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cooks Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Cooks Mills.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • 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 Maine community of Cooks Mills [Cumberland County].
    • Ontario
      • This Cooks Mills lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cooks Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • This Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cooks Mills that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Cooks Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Mills ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cold Indian Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
  • Colts Neck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colts Neck
  • Deal Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
  • Dogs Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
  • Everett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Everett is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Green Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Little Silver Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
  • Ocean Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocean Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
  • Red Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Red Hill is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Sands Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Shacks Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shacks Corner is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacks Corner
    • Shark River Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
    • Smocks Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Smocks Corners is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smocks Corners
    • Town Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
    • Wayside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Cooks Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cooks Mills) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cooks Mills 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 Cooks Mills 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 Cooks Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2893, Longitude: -74.1135       In this case, the coordinates for Cooks Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.051 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.572 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.899 degrees.