Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hurricane Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hurricane Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hurricane 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 Hurricane Creek:
- 32.210978, -88.454478
- 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 Hurricane 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since Hurricane Creek is near Choctaw County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Hurricane Creek ...
We found two communities that share the name Hurricane Creek.
There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Hurricane Creek.
Beyond Mississippi.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Lauderdale 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 Mississippi community of Hurricane Creek [Lauderdale County].
- Marion County
- This Hurricane Creek is located in Marion County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hurricane Creek that is located in Clarke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hurricane Creek.
- Lauderdale County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hurricane 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.
- Charles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Cyril
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Energy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Increase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Pine Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Clarke County
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Riderwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Sable
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Whynot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Zero
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Hurricane 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 community such as Hurricane Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hurricane Creek and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hurricane Creek to Quitman, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,392 miles [11,896.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,268 miles [8,478 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurricane Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.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 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 Hurricane 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Hurricane Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hurricane Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2110, Longitude: -88.4545 In this case, the coordinates for Hurricane Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hurricane 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 314.576 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.15 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.215 degrees. |