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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 Creech, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creech 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 Creech:
    • 36.226465, -94.035478
    • 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 Creech
  • 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Since Creech is near Washington County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Creech

Communities Also Named Creech ...

We found two communities that are also named Creech.

Within Arkansas, the name Creech is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Lincoln 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 Colorado community of Creech [Lincoln County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Creech is located in Harlan County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the east of the Creech that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Creech.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creech ...

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.

  • Accident
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Accident is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accident
  • Beau-O-Rama
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Beau-O-Rama is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beau-O-Rama
  • Cross Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Hollow is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hollow
  • Hickory Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hickory Creek is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Key ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Key is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pilgrims Rest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilgrims Rest is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
  • Pleasure Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pleasure Heights is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Heights
  • Silver Springs ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Silver Springs is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
  • Van Winkle Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Van Winkle Ferry is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle Ferry
  • War Eagle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • War Eagle is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
  • War Eagle Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove

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

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

  • Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Creech to Bentonville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 947 miles [1,524 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,319 miles [8,560.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Creech 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- Creech) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Creech 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 Creech. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2265, Longitude: -94.0355       In this case, the coordinates for Creech have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.461 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.918 degrees.