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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 Forest Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest 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 Forest Creek:
- 33.539302, -82.083729
- 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 Forest 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Forest Creek is near Richmond County and also McCormick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCormick 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 Forest Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest 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.
- Arrow Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camelot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chimney Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chimney Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
- Creek View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Creek View is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Evans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Evans Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Evans Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
- Fernbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fernbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foxhall is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Glennwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glennwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennwood
- Highgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highgate is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
- Hillbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lulaville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Martinez
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mayo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mayo is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Memory Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- Ropers Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Stevens Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stevens Pointe is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Pointe
- Sweetbriar
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
How Far From Forest Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Forest Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Forest Creek and extending to:
- Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Creek to Appling, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the west (W). 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 464 miles [746.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5393, Longitude: -82.0837 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.912 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.103 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.454 degrees. |
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