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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 Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooks Point 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 Point:
- 30.596496, -96.608212
- 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 Point
- 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 Burleson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burleson County
- Since Cooks Point is near Brazos County and also Robertson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brazos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robertson 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 Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooks Point ...
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.
- Center Line
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Center Line is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Line
- Fountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Goodwill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goodwill is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hix is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Mooring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mooring is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring
- Mudville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mudville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
- Snook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stone City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
How Far From Cooks Point 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 Point 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 Point and extending to:
- Caldwell, which is the Seat of Burleson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cooks Point to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,819 miles [12,583.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,695 miles [9,165.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooks Point) 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 Point 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 Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5965, Longitude: -96.6082 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.518 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.801 degrees. |
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