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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 Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooks Summit 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 Cooks Summit:
- 40.706731, -79.539489
- 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 Summit
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Cooks Summit is near Westmoreland County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Summit
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Summit ...
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.
- Brick Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brick Church is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Dime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dime is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Dog Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Ford City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fordview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fordview is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordview
- Forks Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forks Church is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks Church
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hungry Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hungry Hollow is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
- Manor Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Manor Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Old Gum Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Gum Tree is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Gum Tree
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Top is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top
- Tunnelville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tunnelville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
How Far From Cooks Summit 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 Summit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cooks Summit and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cooks Summit to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cooks Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Summit 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 Summit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7067, Longitude: -79.5395 In this case, the coordinates for Cooks Summit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.291 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.308 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.12 degrees. |
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