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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 Oak Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak 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 Oak Creek:
    • 33.851494, -84.840217
    • 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 Oak 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Since Oak Creek is near Cobb County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Oak Creek

Communities Also Named Oak Creek ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Oak Creek.

Within Georgia, the name Oak Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Oak Creek.
    • Colorado
      • Fremont 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 Colorado community of Oak Creek [Fremont County].
      • Routt County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Routt County and lies 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Oak Creek.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Hinds County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Oak Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas 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 Oregon community of Oak Creek [Douglas County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Greenville County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Oak Creek.
      • Lexington County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Lexington County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Oak Creek.
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east northeast of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Oak Creek.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Oak Creek.
    • Utah
      • Sanpete County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,518 miles [2,443 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Oak Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Paulding County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Oak Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak 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.

  • Arbor Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Arbor Walk is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Walk
  • Ash
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ash is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Cottonwood Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Valley is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Valley
  • Emerald Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Forest Echo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Echo is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Echo
  • Green Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Green Meadows is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Greenacres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenacres is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
  • Hickory Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Gap is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Gap
  • Honeysuckle Plantation
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lake Swan
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Swan is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Swan
  • Meadow Lark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Lark is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lark
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Quail Run is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Ridge Corners
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Ridge Corners is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Corners
    • Rock Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Springs is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Swan Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Swan Lake is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
    • Willow Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Creek is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

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

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

  • Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Oak Creek to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 556 miles [894.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak 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 Oak 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 Oak Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Oak 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 Oak Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8515, Longitude: -84.8402       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.524 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.004 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.44 degrees.