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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 Wood Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wood Creek 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 Wood Creek:
- 39.834167, -105.057778
- 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 Wood 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Wood Creek is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Wood Creek
Communities Also Named Wood Creek ...
We found three communities that are also named Wood Creek.
Within Colorado, the name Wood Creek is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Howard 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 Maryland community of Wood Creek [Howard County].
- New York
- Oneida 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 New York community of Wood Creek [Oneida County].
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wood Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wood 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.
- Far Horizon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Far Horizon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far Horizon
- Federal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hackberry Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hackberry Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry Hills
- Harris Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harris Park is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Park
- Hidden Creek Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hidden Creek Park is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek Park
- Hidden Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holiday Hills Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Arbor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Arbor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arbor
- Lakecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lakecrest is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Park Slope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Scenic Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Skyline Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Skyline Vista is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Vista
- Sunset Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Sunstream
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunstream is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstream
- Twin Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Utah Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Utah Junction is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utah Junction
- Wood Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wood Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Run
How Far From Wood Creek 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 Wood Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wood Creek and extending to:
- Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wood Creek to Golden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,632 miles [12,282.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,563 miles [8,952.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Wood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wood Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wood 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 Wood Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8342, Longitude: -105.0578 In this case, the coordinates for Wood Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.59 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.122 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.998 degrees. |
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