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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 Maple Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple 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 Maple Creek:
- 33.497914, -82.165953
- 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 Maple 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 Maple 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 Maple Creek
Communities Also Named Maple Creek ...
We found six communities that are also named Maple Creek.
Within Georgia, the name Maple Creek is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Maple Creek that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Maple Creek.
- Kentucky
- Jessamine 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 Kentucky community of Maple Creek [Jessamine County].
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dodge County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Maple Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Forest 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 Pennsylvania community of Maple Creek [Forest County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Maple Creek lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maple Creek that is located in Columbia County.
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maple Creek [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Camelot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chimney Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chimney Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
- Evans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
- Glennwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glennwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennwood
- Grovetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hillbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Kettle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kettle Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Creek
- Lake Royal
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake Royal is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Royal
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Meadowview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Meadowview is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Quail Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quail Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Ridge Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ridge Crossing is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Crossing
- Ridge Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge Point is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Ropers Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Sugarcreek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sugarcreek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Sweetbriar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Tower Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tower Pines is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Pines
How Far From Maple 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 Maple Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Creek and extending to:
- Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maple Creek to Appling, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 129 miles [207.6 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maple 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Maple 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> | 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 Maple Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Maple 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 Maple Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4979, Longitude: -82.1660 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.15 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.496 degrees. |
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