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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 Cook Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cook Corner 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 Cook Corner:
    • 38.294967, -113.047456
    • 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 Corner
  • 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Since Cook Corner is near Iron County and also Millard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Millard 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 Corner

Communities Also Named Cook Corner ...

We found one communities that are also named Cook Corner.

Within Utah, the name Cook Corner is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Cook Corner in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg County
      • This Cook Corner is located in Williamsburg County and lies 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cook Corner that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cook Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cook Corner ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
    • Beaver has also been known as:
    • Beaver City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <2>
  • Greenville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Lees Spring ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lees Spring is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Spring
  • Minersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Newhouse ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Newhouse is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
  • Thermo ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Thermo is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermo
  • Wheatgrass
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheatgrass is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatgrass
  • Yellow Banks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks

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

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

  • Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cook Corner to Beaver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,931 miles [3,107.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,946 miles [12,787.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,918 miles [9,524.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cook Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cook Corner 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 Cook Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2950, Longitude: -113.0475       In this case, the coordinates for Cook Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.58 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.054 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.582 degrees.