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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ferry:
    • 35.228685, -84.696882
    • 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 Ferry
  • 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
    • Since Cooks Ferry is near Polk County and also McMinn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn 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 Ferry

Communities Also Named Cooks Ferry ...

We found three communities that are also named Cooks Ferry.

Within Tennessee, the name Cooks Ferry is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Cooks Ferry is located in Charles County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooks Ferry that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Cooks Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Cooks Ferry is located in Hinds County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooks Ferry that is located in Bradley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Cooks Ferry.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Cooks Ferry [Beaver County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Ferry ...

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.

  • American Heritage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • American Heritage is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Heritage
  • Arrowhead Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Arrowhead Point is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Columbus is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Dentville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dentville is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
  • Double Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Double Springs is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
  • Foxfire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxfire is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Grief ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Grief is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
  • Heritage Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Hickory Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Old Patty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Old Patty is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
  • Patty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Patty is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Peach Orchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
    • Rolling Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Brook is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Brook
    • Royal Oak
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Royal Oak is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak
    • Tasso
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Tasso is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso
    • Tasso Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Tasso Heights is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasso Heights
    • Whisperwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Whisperwood is located in Bradley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
    • Yancey ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Yancey is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey

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

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cooks Ferry to Cleveland, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 492 miles [791.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cooks Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ferry 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>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 Ferry 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 Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2287, Longitude: -84.6969       In this case, the coordinates for Cooks Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.491 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.16 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.045 degrees.