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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 Duck Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duck 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 Duck Creek:
    • 34.581195, -85.367735
    • 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 Duck 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 Chattooga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattooga County
    • Since Duck Creek is near Walker County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Duck Creek

Communities Also Named Duck Creek ...

We found nine communities that are also named Duck Creek.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Duck Creek.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • 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 Georgia community of Duck Creek [Walker County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent 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 Delaware community of Duck Creek [Kent County].
    • Illinois
      • Mercer 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 Duck Creek [Mercer County].
    • Nevada
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Duck Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Duck Creek is located in Onslow County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<3> to the east of the Duck Creek that is located in Chattooga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Duck Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Duck Creek is located in Trumbull County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Duck Creek that is located in Chattooga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Duck Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Hancock County
      • This Duck Creek is located in Hancock County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Duck Creek that is located in Chattooga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Duck Creek.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Dallas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Duck Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Duck Creek is located in Brown County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<3> to the north of the Duck Creek that is located in Chattooga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Duck Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Duck 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.

  • Broomtown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Broomtown is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
  • Cedar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cloudland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gore is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Guild ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Guild is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild
  • Harrisburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harrisburg is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Head River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Head River is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head River
  • Marsh Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Marsh Crossing is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Crossing
  • Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Neal Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Neal Crossing is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Crossing
  • Summerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Welcome Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Welcome Hill is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Hill

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

  • Summerville, which is the Seat of Chattooga County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Duck Creek to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Duck 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>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 Duck Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Duck Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Duck 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 Duck Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5812, Longitude: -85.3677       In this case, the coordinates for Duck Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.87 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.505 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.478 degrees.