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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 Cooperstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown:
    • 40.046778, -74.903222
    • 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 Cooperstown
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Cooperstown is near Bucks County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Cooperstown

Communities Also Named Cooperstown ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Cooperstown.

Within New Jersey, the name Cooperstown is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Stanislaus County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Stanislaus County and lies 2,431 miles [3,912.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanislaus County community of Cooperstown.
    • Georgia
      • Habersham 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 Georgia community of Cooperstown [Habersham County].
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Brown County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Cooperstown.
    • Kentucky
      • Logan County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Logan County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cooperstown.
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Otsego County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the north of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Cooperstown.
    • North Dakota
      • Griggs County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Griggs County and lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Griggs County community of Cooperstown.
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Sandusky County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Cooperstown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Butler County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Cooperstown.
      • Venango County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Venango County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the west northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Cooperstown.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Westmoreland County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the west of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Cooperstown.
    • Wisconsin
      • Manitowoc County
      • This Cooperstown is located in Manitowoc County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cooperstown that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Cooperstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooperstown ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Beverly is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Carriage Stop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carriage Stop is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Stop
  • Echo Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
  • Echo Reach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Reach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Reach
  • Edgewater Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Maple Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Maple Shade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Maple Shade is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Martins Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Martins Beach is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Beach
  • Orchard View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard View is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Pennypacker Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pennypacker Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Park
  • Riverside Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Riverside Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
  • Sharper
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sharper is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharper
  • Skin Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Skin Corner is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skin Corner
  • Twin Hill Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Hill Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hill Park

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

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Cooperstown to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 138 miles [222.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,759 miles [9,268.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cooperstown) 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 Cooperstown 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>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 Cooperstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cooperstown 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 Cooperstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0468, Longitude: -74.9032       In this case, the coordinates for Cooperstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.088 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.343 degrees.