Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Peters Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peters Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Peters Creek
- 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 Peters Creek:
- 37.487829, -88.241423
- 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 Peters 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Peters Creek is near Crittenden County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Peters Creek ...
We found six communities that share the name Peters Creek.
Within Illinois, the name Peters Creek is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Peters Creek lies 3,049 miles [4,906.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Peters Creek that is located in Hardin County.
- Kentucky
- Barren 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 Peters Creek [Barren County].
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Peters Creek is located in Cumberland County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Peters Creek that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Peters Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Peters Creek [Allegheny County].
- Lancaster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Peters Creek [Lancaster County].
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- This Peters Creek is located in Patrick County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the east of the Peters Creek that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Peters Creek.
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peters 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.
- Cave in Rock Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave in Rock Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave in Rock Ferry
- Cave in Rock Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Cave-In-Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave-In-Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
- Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
- Cave-In-Rock village
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <4>
- Gross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Hicks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Lamb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Loves Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loves Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Corner
- Loves Corner is located in Hardin County
- Mineral City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Mineral City is located in Hardin County
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Saline Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Saline Tip Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saline Tip Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
- Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Sparks Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparks Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County
How Far From Peters 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 Peters Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peters Creek and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Peters Creek to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 615 miles [989.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peters Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Peters Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peters Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4878, Longitude: -88.2414 In this case, the coordinates for Peters Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Peters 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> | 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 Peters 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 314.764 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.091 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.015 degrees. |