Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Creston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creston and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Creston
- 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 Creston:
- 37.267454, -85.045332
- 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 Creston
- 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 Casey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Casey County
- Since Creston is near Adair County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adair County
- eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Creston ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Creston.
Within Kentucky, the name Creston is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Creston lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- California
- Napa County
- This Creston is located in Napa County and lies 2,016 miles [3,244.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Creston.
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Creston is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km] to the west of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Creston.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- This Creston is located in Delaware County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Creston.
- Lake County
- This Creston is located in Lake County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the north northwest of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Creston.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Creston lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Creston that is located in Casey County.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Creston ...
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.
- Bass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Cantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cantown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown
- Cantown is located in Casey County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cantown
- From Creston to Cantown
- Dunnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Evans Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford
- Evans Ford is located in Casey County
- Feathersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Feathersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg
- Feathersburg is located in Adair County
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Casey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Liberty
- From Creston to Liberty
- Neatsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neatsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatsville
- Neatsville is located in Adair County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Neatsville
- From Creston to Neatsville
- Pricetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Speck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Speck. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
- Speck is located in Adair County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Speck
- From Creston to Speck
- Teddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Creston 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 Creston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Creston and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Casey County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Creston to Frankfort, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 449 miles [722.6 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Creston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Creston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2675, Longitude: -85.0453 In this case, the coordinates for Creston 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 Creston 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> | 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 Creston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Creston to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.752 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.749 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.659 degrees. |