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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 Creswell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creswell 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 Creswell:
    • 37.268597, -87.912299
    • 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 Creswell
  • 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
    • Since Creswell is near Crittenden County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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 Creswell

Communities Also Named Creswell ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Creswell.

Within Kentucky, the name Creswell is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Creswell is located in Shelby County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Creswell.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Creswell is located in Izard County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Creswell.
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Creswell [Jefferson County].
    • Georgia
      • Spalding 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 Georgia community of Creswell [Spalding County].
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson 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 Indiana community of Creswell [Jefferson County].
    • Iowa
      • Keokuk County
      • This Creswell is located in Keokuk County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northwest of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keokuk County community of Creswell.
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Labette County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Creswell.
      • Marion 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 Kansas community of Creswell [Marion County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Creswell is located in Harford County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Creswell.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim County
      • This Creswell is located in Antrim County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antrim County community of Creswell.
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • Although located in Marion County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Creswell.
    • North Carolina
      • Washington County
      • This Creswell is located in Washington County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the east of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Creswell.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Creswell is located in Lane County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Creswell.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Creswell is located in Lancaster County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Creswell.
    • Texas
      • Ochiltree 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 Texas community of Creswell [Ochiltree County].
    • Virginia
      • Russell County
      • This Creswell is located in Russell County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east of the Creswell that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Creswell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creswell ...

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.

  • Deanwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Deanwood is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwood
  • Farmersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Farmersville is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Flat Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Fryer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fryer is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryer
  • Harper Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harper Ford is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Ford
  • Needmore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Needmore is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Piney Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rufus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rufus is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Tom Gray Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tom Gray Ford is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Gray Ford

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

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

  • Princeton, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Creswell to Princeton, 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Creswell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Creswell 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 Creswell, 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 Creswell 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 Creswell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2686, Longitude: -87.9123    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.546 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.811 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.919 degrees.