Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Town Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Town Creek
- 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 Town Creek:
- 34.671791, -87.406367
- 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 Town Creek
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Town Creek is near Colbert County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Town Creek ...
We found eight communities that share the name Town Creek.
Within Alabama, the name Town Creek is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gilmer County
- This Town Creek is located in Gilmer County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the east of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Town Creek.
- Union County
- This Town Creek is located in Union County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Town Creek.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Town Creek [Allegany County].
- Saint Mary's County
- This Town Creek is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Town Creek.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Town Creek [Elko County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- This Town Creek is located in Brunswick County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Town Creek.
- Wilson County
- This Town Creek is located in Wilson County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km] to the east of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Town Creek.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Town Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Town Creek that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Town Creek.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town 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.
- Brickhouse Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickhouse Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhouse Ford
- Brickhouse Ford is located in Lawrence County
- Cottontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottontown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottontown
- Cottontown is located in Colbert County
- Edmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Egypt Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Ford
- Egypt Ford is located in Lawrence County
- Rocky Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Section
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Shady Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Colbert County
- Terry Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Heights
- Terry Heights is located in Lawrence County
- Terrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Wolf Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Springs
- Wolf Springs is located in Lawrence County
How Far From Town Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Town Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Town Creek and extending to:
- Moulton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Town Creek to Moulton, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,111 miles [8,225.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Town Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Town Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Town Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6718, Longitude: -87.4064 In this case, the coordinates for Town Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Town Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Town 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Town Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.111 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.949 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.295 degrees. |