Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cooks Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooks Mill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cooks Mill
- 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 Mill:
- 44.962823, -74.130730
- 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 Cooks Mill
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Cooks Mill is near Clinton County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cooks Mill ...
We found two communities that share the name Cooks Mill.
Within New York, the name Cooks Mill is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- This Cooks Mill is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooks Mill that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Cooks Mill.
- Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Cooks Mill [Schoolcraft County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Mill ...
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.
- Bridgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Constable
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constable
- Constable is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Constable <4>
- Earlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Herdman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Kelvingrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelvingrove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvingrove
- Powerscourt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powerscourt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerscourt
- Rockburn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Trout River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout River
- Trout River is located in Franklin County
How Far From Cooks Mill 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 Cooks Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cooks Mill and extending to:
- Malone, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooks Mill to Malone, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south (S). 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 444 miles [714.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,127 miles [6,641.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cooks Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooks Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooks Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9628, Longitude: -74.1307 In this case, the coordinates for Cooks Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Cooks Mill 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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.489 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.706 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.705 degrees. |