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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 Cooke Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooke Crossroads 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 Cooke Crossroads:
- 32.948228, -80.205651
- 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 Cooke Crossroads
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Cooke Crossroads is near Charleston County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Cooke Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooke Crossroads ...
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.
- Avenue of Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Avenue of Oaks is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue of Oaks
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coventry Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coventry Place is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Place
- Creekside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creekside is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Farmdale is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Flowertown Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
- Greggs Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs Landing
- Indian Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Iron Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Kings Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings Grant is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Plantation Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plantation Ridge is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Ridge
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Quail Arbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Arbor is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Arbor
- Rosehill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosehill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
- Sprucewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sprucewood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucewood
- Summerville Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Summerville Farms is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Farms
- Tea Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tea Farm is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tea Farm
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Waters Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waters Edge is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Cooke Crossroads 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 Cooke Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cooke Crossroads and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooke Crossroads to Saint George, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooke Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cooke Crossroads 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 Cooke Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9482, Longitude: -80.2057 In this case, the coordinates for Cooke Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.842 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.788 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.921 degrees. |
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