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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 Buck Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buck 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 Buck Creek:
    • 37.640031, -83.883139
    • 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 Buck 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
    • Since Buck Creek is near Lee County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Buck Creek

Communities Also Named Buck Creek ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Buck Creek.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Buck Creek.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Owsley 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 Kentucky community of Buck Creek [Owsley County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa 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 Alabama community of Buck Creek [Tallapoosa County].
    • Alberta
      • This Buck Creek lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
    • Georgia
      • Carroll 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 Georgia community of Buck Creek [Carroll County].
      • Newton County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Newton County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the south of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Buck Creek.
      • Screven 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 Georgia community of Buck Creek [Screven County].
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Buck Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Bremer County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Bremer County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bremer County community of Buck Creek.
      • Delaware County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Delaware County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km] to the northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Buck Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Buck Creek.
    • Mississippi
      • Greene 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 Mississippi community of Buck Creek [Greene County].
    • Missouri
      • Morgan County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the west of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Buck Creek.
    • Texas
      • Cottle County
      • Although located in Cottle County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cottle County community of Buck Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Richland County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Richland County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buck Creek that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Buck Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buck 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.

  • Cow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cow Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
  • Crystal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crystal is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Drip Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Drip Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drip Rock
  • Evelyn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evelyn is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Lynch Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynch Town is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town
  • Pinnacle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pinnacle is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
  • Shade
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Shade is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
  • Sweet Lick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sweet Lick is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lick
  • Walnut Gap
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Walnut Gap is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Gap
  • Willow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
  • Yellow Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yellow Rock is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Rock

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

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

  • Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Buck Creek to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Buck 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 '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- Buck Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Buck 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 Buck 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 Buck Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6400, Longitude: -83.8831       In this case, the coordinates for Buck Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.041 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.987 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.052 degrees.