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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 Cross Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cross 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 Cross Creek:
    • 29.486359, -82.165096
    • 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 Cross 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 Alachua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
    • Since Cross Creek is near Marion County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Cross Creek

Communities Also Named Cross Creek ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Cross Creek.

There is one other community in Florida that is also named Cross Creek.

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

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Hillsborough County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the south of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cross Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cross Creek.
    • California
      • Tulare 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 California community of Cross Creek [Tulare County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Cross Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cross Creek.
      • Fayette County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Fayette County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Cross Creek.
      • Paulding County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Paulding County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Cross Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie 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 Cross Creek [Pottawatomie County].
      • Shawnee 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 Cross Creek [Shawnee County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Baltimore County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Cross Creek.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Cross Creek lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Washington County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the north of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cross Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Hamilton County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cross Creek.
      • Williamson County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Williamson County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km] to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Alachua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cross Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke 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 West Virginia community of Cross Creek [Brooke County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cross 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.

  • Anthony
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Boardman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boardman is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
  • Campville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Campville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
  • Green Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Grove is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Grove Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Grove Park is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Island Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • John Broward Grant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • John Broward Grant is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
  • John H McIntosh Grant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Orange Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Robinson Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinson Heights is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
  • Rocky Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Ruthland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruthland is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthland

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

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

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cross Creek to Gainesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cross 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 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 Cross 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cross 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 Cross Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4864, Longitude: -82.1651       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.779 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.381 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.468 degrees.