Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coffee Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffee Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coffee 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 Coffee Creek:
- 37.887733, -83.066086
- 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 Coffee 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Coffee Creek is near Magoffin County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
- eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Coffee Creek ...
We found three communities that share the name Coffee Creek.
Within Kentucky, the name Coffee Creek is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Phillips 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 Coffee Creek [Phillips County].
- California
- Trinity County
- This Coffee Creek is located in Trinity County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Coffee Creek that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Coffee Creek.
- Montana
- Fergus County
- This Coffee Creek is located in Fergus County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Coffee Creek that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Coffee Creek.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffee 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.
- Dingus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Ever
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Grayfox
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Lacey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Lacey is located in Magoffin County
- Logville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logville
- Logville is located in Magoffin County
- Lost Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Lost Creek is located in Morgan County
- Lower Sandlick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Sandlick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandlick
- Lower Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Silverhill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
- Silverhill is located in Morgan County
- Upper Sandlick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Sandlick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandlick
- Upper Sandlick is located in Morgan County
How Far From Coffee 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 Coffee Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coffee Creek and extending to:
- West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Coffee Creek to West Liberty, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coffee Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.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 Coffee 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coffee Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coffee Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8877, Longitude: -83.0661 In this case, the coordinates for Coffee 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 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 Coffee Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.54 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.45 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.626 degrees. |