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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 Bee Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bee 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 Bee Creek:
- 39.400184, -90.636012
- 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 Bee 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Bee Creek is near Calhoun County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Bee Creek
Communities Also Named Bee Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Bee Creek.
Within Illinois, the name Bee Creek is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Bee Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Buchanan 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 Missouri community of Bee Creek [Buchanan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bee 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.
- Clark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Grand Pass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Pass is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Greenpond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenpond is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpond
- Hanks Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hanks Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Station
- Haypress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haypress is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypress
- Hillview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Kampsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Old Pearl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Pearl is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pearl
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Bee 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 Bee 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 Bee Creek and extending to:
- Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bee Creek to Pittsfield, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 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> | 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 Bee 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 '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- Bee 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 Bee 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 Bee Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4002, Longitude: -90.6360 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.39 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.225 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.678 degrees. |
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