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Communities Also Named Owl Creek ...

We found five communities that share the name Owl Creek.

Within British Columbia, the name Owl Creek is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Knox County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Owl Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fulton 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 Pennsylvania community of Owl Creek [Fulton County].
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Owl Creek is located in Williamson County and lies 2,039 miles [3,281.5 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Owl Creek.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • This Owl Creek is located in Bell County and lies 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Owl Creek.
    • Wyoming
      • Hot Springs County
      • This Owl Creek is located in Hot Springs County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Springs County community of Owl Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Owl 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.

  • Creekside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creekside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Evans
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Gates
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Green River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
  • Nesters
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nesters came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesters
  • Pioneer Mine
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Mine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mine
  • Whistler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whistler came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whistler <5>
  • Whistler Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whistler Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler Creek

How Far From Owl 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 Owl Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Owl Creek to Victoria, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,359 miles [11,843.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,509 miles [8,865.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Owl Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Owl 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Owl Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owl Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.3500, Longitude: -122.7333    
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Owl 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 341.313 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.075 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.791 degrees.




 

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