Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Cook Tomb:
  • 41.328674, -79.196430
  • 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 Cook Tomb

• 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
  • Since Cook Tomb is near Clarion County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Cook Tomb

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cook Tomb ...

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.

• Cooksburg
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cooksburg is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooksburg <1>
• Crown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crown is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
• Fisher
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
• Gravel Lick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
• Helen Furnace
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
• Hominy Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hominy Ridge is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Ridge
• Leeper
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Leeper is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeper
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeper <1>
• Millstone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Millstone is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
• Scotch Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Scotch Hill is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
• Turkey Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Turkey Ridge is located in Clarion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cook Tomb and extending to:

• Tionesta, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cook Tomb to Tionesta, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'