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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 Snake Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snake Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Snake Creek:
- 34.602029, -85.728581
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Snake 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 DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
- Since Snake Creek is near Jackson County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Snake Creek
Communities Also Named Snake Creek ...
We found five communities that are also named Snake Creek.
Within Alabama, the name Snake Creek is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Broward 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 Florida community of Snake Creek [Broward County].
- Oklahoma
- Mayes County
- This Snake Creek is located in Mayes County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Snake Creek that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mayes County community of Snake Creek.
- Quebec
- This Snake Creek lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Snake Creek that is located in DeKalb County.
- South Dakota
- Corson County
- This Snake Creek is located in Corson County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Snake Creek that is located in DeKalb County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Corson County community of Snake Creek.
- Virginia
- Carroll 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 Virginia community of Snake Creek [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snake 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.
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Council Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Council Bluff is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Bluff
- Elliott Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elliott Crossroads is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Crossroads
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- High Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Keith
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Keith is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Mays Gulf ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mays Gulf is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Gulf
- New Home
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Home is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Stamp
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stamp is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp
- Valley Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Snake Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Snake Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Snake Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Snake Creek and extending to:
- Fort Payne, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Snake Creek to Fort Payne, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 564 miles [907.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Snake 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Snake Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Snake Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Snake Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Snake Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6020, Longitude: -85.7286 In this case, the coordinates for Snake Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.088 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.759 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.619 degrees. |
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