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Communities Also Named Coal Creek ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Coal Creek.

Within British Columbia, the name Coal Creek is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of twelve communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these twelve communities, one is located in Canada and the other eleven communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Coal Creek lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<1> to the north northwest.
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Fremont County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Coal Creek.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Coal Creek.
    • Indiana
      • Fountain County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Fountain County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fountain County community of Coal Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Keokuk County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County and lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keokuk County community of Coal Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Coal Creek [Atchison County].
      • Ottawa 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 Coal Creek [Ottawa County].
    • Montana
      • McCone County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Coal Creek [McCone County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Coal Creek lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Le Flore County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Coal Creek.
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • This Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Coal Creek.
      • King County
      • This Coal Creek is located in King County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Coal Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coal 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.

How Far From Coal Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coal Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Coal Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Coal Creek and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Coal Creek to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,362 miles [8,629.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Coal Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Coal 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 . 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.
<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 Coal Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Coal 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 Coal Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.4865, Longitude: -114.9853    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.942 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.706 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.774 degrees.