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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 Reed Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reed 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 Reed Creek:
- 34.445937, -82.924866
- 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 Reed 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 Hart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Since Reed Creek is near Anderson County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Reed Creek
Communities Also Named Reed Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Reed Creek.
Within Georgia, the name Reed Creek is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Reed Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Lee 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 Virginia community of Reed Creek [Lee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reed 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.
- Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Double Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Double Springs is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Fair Play
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay Shores is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay Shores
- Flat Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holland Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Lakefront
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakefront is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefront
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Price ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Shoal Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Townville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Reed 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 Reed Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Reed Creek and extending to:
- Hartwell, which is the Seat of Hart County, lies just to the South.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Reed Creek to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Reed 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Reed Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Reed 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 Reed Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4459, Longitude: -82.9249 In this case, the coordinates for Reed Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.42 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.817 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.538 degrees. |
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