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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 Crooked Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crooked 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 Crooked Creek:
    • 37.422877, -82.499280
    • 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 Crooked 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Crooked Creek is near Floyd County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Crooked Creek

Communities Also Named Crooked Creek ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Crooked Creek.

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

Beyond Kentucky, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Estill County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Estill County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Crooked Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman 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 Alabama community of Crooked Creek [Cullman County].
      • Lee County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Lee County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Alaska
      • This Crooked Creek lies 3,523 miles [5,669.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
    • Alberta
      • This Crooked Creek lies 2,055 miles [3,307.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
    • Indiana
      • Steuben 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 Crooked Creek [Steuben County].
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Crooked Creek [Ford County].
      • Jefferson 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 Kansas community of Crooked Creek [Jefferson County].
      • McPherson 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 Kansas community of Crooked Creek [McPherson County].
    • Missouri
      • Shelby County
      • Although located in Shelby County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Crooked Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Ontario
      • This Crooked Creek lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon 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 Crooked Creek [Huntingdon County].
      • Tioga County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Perry County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Perry County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Crooked Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Logan County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Crooked Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Crooked Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crooked 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.

  • Daniels Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
  • Fords Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fords Branch is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
  • Garden Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Garden Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
  • Greasy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
  • Justiceville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Justiceville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Liberty is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Little Dixie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Dixie is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
  • Lower Chloe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
  • Lower Greasy Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mayo Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayo Village is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
    • Pigeon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pigeon is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
    • Pikeville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Red Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
    • Robinson Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
    • Titan Siding
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Titan Siding is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding

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

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

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Crooked Creek to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Crooked Creek) 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 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 Crooked 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Crooked 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 Crooked Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4229, Longitude: -82.4993       In this case, the coordinates for Crooked Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.99 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.523 degrees.