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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:
    • 33.402060, -84.414925
    • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Cross Creek is near Clayton County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 are two communities within Georgia that are also named Cross Creek.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Cherokee County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the north of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cross Creek.
    • Paulding County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Paulding County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Cross Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette 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 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Cross Creek.
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Alachua County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Cross Creek.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the south southeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough 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 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Cross Creek.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Cross Creek lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Cross Creek is located in Washington County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette 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 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette 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 219 miles [352.4 km] to the northwest of the Cross Creek that is located in Fayette 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.

  • Broom Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Broom Hall is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hall
  • Cottonwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Deep Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Forest is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Forest
  • Gypsy Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gypsy Woods is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy Woods
  • Harp
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Harp is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
  • Kingswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingswood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Ledgewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ledgewood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
  • Marion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Ponderosa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Ponderosa is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Porters Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Porters Ridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Ridge
  • Quail Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rest ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rest is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest

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:

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Cross Creek to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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 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 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: 33.4021, Longitude: -84.4149       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.254 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.629 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.38 degrees.