Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dry Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dry 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 Dry Creek:
- 37.859833, -81.463719
- 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 Dry 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Dry Creek is near Boone County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Dry Creek ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Dry Creek.
Within West Virginia, the name Dry Creek is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- This Dry Creek lies 3,102 miles [4,992.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Dry Creek that is located in Raleigh County.
- Arkansas
- California
- Idaho
- 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 Dry Creek [Cherokee County].
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dry Creek [Saline County].
- Sedgwick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dry Creek [Sedgwick County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dry Creek [Washington County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- This Dry Creek is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Dry Creek that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Dry Creek.
- Calcasieu Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Dry Creek [Calcasieu Parish].
- Mississippi
- Covington 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 Dry Creek [Covington County].
- Tippah County
- This Dry Creek is located in Tippah County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Dry Creek that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Dry Creek.
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Carter 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 Tennessee community of Dry Creek [Carter County].
- Washington County
- This Dry Creek is located in Washington County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Dry Creek that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dry Creek.
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry 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.
- Bolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Clear Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Dorothy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Friendly View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly View
- Friendly View is located in Raleigh County
- Glen Daniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Daniel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Daniel
- Glen Daniel is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Daniel <5>
- Leevale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Packsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Pineknob
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Posey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Redbird
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Rock Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Sundial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Trap Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Dry 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 Dry Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dry Creek and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Creek to Beckley, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,716 miles [7,589.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dry Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dry 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dry Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dry Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8598, Longitude: -81.4637 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Dry Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Dry Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.568 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.334 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.948 degrees. |