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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 Bull Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bull Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bull Creek:
    • 40.335695, -124.026431
    • 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 Bull Creek
  • 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 Bull Creek ...

We found six communities that share the name Bull Creek.

Within California, the name Bull Creek is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Tattnall 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 Georgia community of Bull Creek [Tattnall County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Bull Creek [Lake County].
    • Kansas
      • Johnson 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 Bull Creek [Johnson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • This Bull Creek is located in Floyd County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<2> to the east of the Bull Creek that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Bull Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Taney County
      • This Bull Creek is located in Taney County and lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<2> to the east of the Bull Creek that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Bull Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Scott 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 Bull Creek [Scott County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bull 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.

  • Fruitland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Fruitland is located in Humboldt County
  • Hacketsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hacketsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacketsville
    • Hacketsville is located in Humboldt County
  • Honeydew
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunter Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
    • Hunter Place is located in Humboldt County
  • Maple Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Maple Grove is located in Humboldt County
  • Pepperwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepperwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood
    • Pepperwood is located in Humboldt County
  • Redcrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverside Park is located in Humboldt County
  • Stone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
    • Stone is located in Humboldt County

How Far From Bull 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 Bull 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<5> community of Bull Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bull Creek and extending to:

  • Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bull Creek to Eureka, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,471 miles [3,976.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 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 8,039 miles [12,937.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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 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 Bull 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- Bull Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bull Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3357, Longitude: -124.0264       In this case, the coordinates for Bull Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Bull Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bull 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 341.809 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.194 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.161 degrees.




 

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