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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 Lick Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lick 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 Lick Creek:
    • 37.380385, -82.297088
    • 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 Lick 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 Lick Creek is near Dickenson County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Lick Creek

Communities Also Named Lick Creek ...

We found seven communities that are also named Lick Creek.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Lawrence County
      • This Lick Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lick Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lick Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Union County
      • This Lick Creek is located in Union County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lick Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lick Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Benton County
      • This Lick Creek is located in Benton County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lick Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lick Creek.
      • Decatur 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 Tennessee community of Lick Creek [Decatur County].
      • Hickman 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 Tennessee community of Lick Creek [Hickman County].
    • West Virginia
      • Boone 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 West Virginia community of Lick Creek [Boone County].
      • Summers County
      • This Lick Creek is located in Summers County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lick Creek that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summers County community of Lick Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lick 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.

  • Beaver Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
  • Beaver Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Cedarville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Federal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Fedscreek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fedscreek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek
  • Honey Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Honey Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Fork
  • Lick Creek Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lick Creek Station is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek Station
  • Mikegrady
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mikegrady is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikegrady
  • Motley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Motley is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
  • Phyllis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Phyllis is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phyllis
  • Republic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Republic is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
  • Road Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Road Junction is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Junction
  • Woodside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodside is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lick Creek to Pikeville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lick 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 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 Lick 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>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 Lick 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 Lick 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 Lick Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3804, Longitude: -82.2971       In this case, the coordinates for Lick Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.076 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.844 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.45 degrees.