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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 Horse Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horse 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 Horse Creek:
    • 41.824021, -122.996983
    • 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 Horse 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 Siskiyou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
    • Since Horse Creek is near Jackson County and also Josephine 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 Josephine 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 Horse Creek

Communities Also Named Horse Creek ...

We found eight communities that are also named Horse Creek.

Within California, the name Horse Creek is unique.

Beyond California, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker 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 Alabama community of Horse Creek [Walker County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Horse Creek lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
    • Illinois
      • Will 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 Horse Creek [Will County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Horse Creek is located in Aiken County and lies 2,295 miles [3,693.4 km]<2> to the east of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Horse Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Horse Creek is located in Greene County and lies 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km]<2> to the east of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Horse Creek.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Horse Creek is located in Sullivan County and lies 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km] to the east of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Horse Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • This Horse Creek is located in Polk County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Horse Creek.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • This Horse Creek is located in Laramie County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<2> to the east of the Horse Creek that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Horse Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Horse 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.

  • Cinnabar Springs ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cinnabar Springs is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Springs
  • Copper ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
  • Eileen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eileen is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
  • Gordons Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Gordons Ferry is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Ferry
  • Hooperville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooperville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooperville
  • Oakbar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
  • Steelhead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Steelhead is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelhead
  • Swiss Bar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Swiss Bar is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Bar

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

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

  • Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Horse Creek to Yreka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,925 miles [12,754.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 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 Horse 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horse Creek) 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 Horse 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 Horse Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8240, Longitude: -122.9970       In this case, the coordinates for Horse Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.064 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.373 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.48 degrees.