Cook & Brother Confederate Armory
Cook & Brother Confederate Armory is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Jacks Creek Mountain stands 300 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dudley Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- To this building in 1862 was brought the machinery of the armory established in New Orleans at the outbreak of the War by Ferdinand W. C. and Francis L. Cook, recent English immigrants, the former a skilled engineer, for the manufacture of Enfield rifles,
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dudley Park: 0.1 mi
- North Oconee River Park: 0.3 mi
- Franklin Quad: 0.5 mi
- South Quad: 0.5 mi
- Heard Park: 0.6 mi
- Red Bass: 0.3 mi
- Truist Dawg: 0.4 mi
- Athena: 0.4 mi
- Terrell Archie Jackson: 0.5 mi
- Abraham Baldwin Statue: 0.5 mi
- Charles E. Aguar: 0.2 mi
- Goddess Athena: 0.4 mi
- Old Athens Cemetery: 0.5 mi
- Chapel Bell: 0.6 mi
- The Red and Black: 0.6 mi
- Connect to Protect: 0.2 mi
- President's Garden: 0.5 mi
- Scholar Garden: 0.6 mi
- UGA Trial Gardens: 1.1 mi
- D.W. Brooks Connect to Protect Garden: 1.2 mi
- Church-Waddel-Brumby House: 0.6 mi
- Georgia Museum of Natural History: 1.0 mi
- T.R.R. Cobb House: 1.1 mi
- Georgia Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum: 4.1 mi
- Five Acre Woods: 1.1 mi
- Tillman Tract: 3.1 mi
- Whitehall Shoals Heritage and Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Barber Creek Battle Site: 3.6 mi
- Trove Open Area: 7.7 mi
- The Arch: 0.5 mi
- Athens Gneiss Drill Core: 0.9 mi
- Tree That Owns Itself: 1.0 mi
- Broad River Outpost: 19.8 mi
- Pendergrass Flea Market: 21.4 mi
- Coon Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Mountain: 17.1 mi
- Jacks Creek Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Heart Attack Hill: 21.1 mi
- Big Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Barnett Shoals: 8.6 mi
- Scull Shoals: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cook & Brother Confederate Armory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacks Creek Mountain | WSW 238° | 300 m | 17.8 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | WSW 239° | 273 m | 17.1 mi |
| Big Mountain | ESE 119° | 230 m | 21.9 mi |
| Coon Mountain | SSE 160° | 195 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:51 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens BEN Epps AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11803418993
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