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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 Short Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Short Creek 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 Short Creek:
    • 33.551130, -87.101257
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Short Creek
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Short Creek ...

We found six communities that share the name Short Creek.

Within Alabama, the name Short Creek is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Mohave County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Short Creek [Mohave County].
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Short Creek [Cherokee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Grayson County
      • This Short Creek is located in Grayson County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the north of the Short Creek that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Short Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Short Creek [Harrison County].
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Short Creek is located in Rutherford County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Short Creek that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Short Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • This Short Creek is located in Brooke County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Short Creek that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Short Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Short Creek ...

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.

  • Alliance
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alliance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Alliance is located in Jefferson County
  • Booker Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booker Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Heights
    • Booker Heights is located in Jefferson County
  • Flat Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Flat Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Glaze Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glaze Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Ferry
    • Glaze Ferry is located in Jefferson County
  • Maxine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxine
    • Maxine is located in Jefferson County
  • Maytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
    • Maytown is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
  • Pumpkin Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Walker County
  • Rock Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Shady Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
  • Snow Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Ferry
    • Snow Ferry is located in Walker County
  • Toadvine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadvine
    • Toadvine is located in Jefferson County
  • Vines Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vines Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vines Mill
    • Vines Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Wilderness Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilderness Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Garden
    • Wilderness Garden is located in Jefferson County
  • Williams Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ferry
    • Williams Ferry is located in Jefferson County

How Far From Short Creek 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 Short Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Short Creek to Birmingham, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Short Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffcointouch.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Short Creek 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.
<2>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- Short Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Short Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5511, Longitude: -87.1013    
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Short Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.503 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.41 degrees.









 

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