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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 Cooper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooper and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Cooper:
    • 33.930070, -105.785820
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cooper
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cooper ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Cooper.

There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Cooper.

Beyond New Mexico, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 35 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New Mexico ...
    • Lea County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Lea County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Cooper.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chilton County
      • This Cooper is located in Chilton County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the east of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Cooper.
    • Arkansas
      • Pike County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cooper [Pike County].
      • Saint Francis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cooper [Saint Francis County].
    • California
      • Lake County
      • This Cooper is located in Lake County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cooper.
      • Monterey County
      • This Cooper is located in Monterey County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the west northwest of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Cooper.
    • Colorado
      • Morgan County
      • This Cooper is located in Morgan County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Cooper.
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cooper [Colquitt County].
      • Hart County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cooper [Hart County].
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cooper [Jackson County].
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater County
      • This Cooper is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Cooper.
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Cooper is located in Tazewell County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Cooper.
    • Iowa
      • Greene County
      • This Cooper is located in Greene County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cooper.
    • Kentucky
      • Wayne County
      • This Cooper is located in Wayne County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cooper.
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cooper [Caldwell Parish].
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Cooper is located in Washington County and lies 2,158 miles [3,473 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cooper.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Cooper is located in Harford County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cooper.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Cooper.
      • Schoolcraft County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cooper [Schoolcraft County].
    • Missouri
      • Miller County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cooper [Miller County].
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Cooper is located in Cascade County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Cooper.
    • Nevada
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cooper [White Pine County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Cooper is located in Gloucester County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Cooper.
      • Passaic County
      • This Cooper is located in Passaic County and lies 1,782 miles [2,867.9 km] to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Passaic County community of Cooper.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cooper [New York County].
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • This Cooper is located in Sampson County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<2> to the east of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Cooper.
    • Ohio
      • Seneca County
      • This Cooper is located in Seneca County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Cooper.
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cooper [Blaine County].
      • Osage County
      • This Cooper is located in Osage County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Cooper.
    • Ontario
      • This Cooper lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg County
      • This Cooper is located in Williamsburg County and lies 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km]<2> to the east of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cooper.
    • Tennessee
      • Fentress County
      • This Cooper is located in Fentress County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fentress County community of Cooper.
    • Texas
      • Delta County
      • This Cooper is located in Delta County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the east of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Cooper.
      • Houston County
      • This Cooper is located in Houston County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km] to the east southeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Cooper.
    • Virginia
      • Middlesex County
      • This Cooper is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cooper that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Cooper.
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Cooper [Albany County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooper ...

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.

  • Coyote
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
    • Coyote is located in Lincoln County
  • Lovelace
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
  • Luna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
    • Luna is located in Lincoln County
  • Polly
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
    • Polly is located in Lincoln County

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

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

  • Carrizozo, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooper to Carrizozo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,988 miles [12,855.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cooper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cooper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Cooper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9301, Longitude: -105.7858       In this case, the coordinates for Cooper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cooper 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Cooper to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.432 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.306 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.865 degrees.









 

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