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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stevens Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stevens 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 Stevens Creek:
    • 33.560690, -82.056506
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stevens Creek
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Stevens Creek ...

We found two communities that share the name Stevens Creek.

Within Georgia, the name Stevens Creek is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • White 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 Arkansas community of Stevens Creek [White County].
    • Virginia
      • Carroll County
      • This Stevens Creek is located in Carroll County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Stevens Creek that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Stevens Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stevens 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.

  • Camelot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
    • Camelot is located in Columbia County
  • Creek View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
    • Creek View is located in Columbia County
  • Evans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Evans Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
    • Evans Mill is located in Columbia County
  • Fernbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fernbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
    • Fernbrook is located in Columbia County
  • Forest Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Creek
    • Forest Creek is located in Columbia County
  • Forest Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Richmond County
  • Foxhall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxhall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
    • Foxhall is located in Richmond County
  • Furys Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furys Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furys Ferry
    • Furys Ferry is located in Columbia County
  • Highgate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
    • Highgate is located in Richmond County
  • Holiday Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
    • Holiday Park is located in Columbia County
  • Lulaville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lulaville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
    • Lulaville is located in Columbia County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
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    • Martinez
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinez <4>
    • Mayo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Mayo is located in Richmond County
    • Maysville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
      • Maysville is located in Columbia County
    • Memory Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memory Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • Morgana
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
      • Morgana is located in Edgefield County (SC)
    • National Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County
    • Poverty Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poverty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
      • Poverty Hill is located in Edgefield County (SC)
    • Stevens Pointe
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevens Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Pointe
      • Stevens Pointe is located in Columbia County
    • Sweetbriar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetbriar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
      • Sweetbriar is located in Columbia County

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

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

  • Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Stevens Creek to Appling, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 134 miles [215.7 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 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stevens Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyga.gov/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Stevens 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stevens Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stevens Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5607, Longitude: -82.0565       In this case, the coordinates for Stevens Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Stevens Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.897 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.088 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.438 degrees.









 

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