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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 Upper Little Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Little Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Upper Little Creek:
- 37.378317, -82.518617
- 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 Upper Little 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 Upper Little 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 Upper Little Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Little 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.
- Bear Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Fork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Fork
- Big Card
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Card is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Card
- Crooked Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Daniels Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
- Dry Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Fork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Fords Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frogtown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Garden Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Greasy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
- Henry Clay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henry Clay is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Indian Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Justiceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Justiceville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lower Greasy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
- Marrowbone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Mayo Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Penny
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Penny is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny
- Pigeon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Red Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
- Robinson Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Rockhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Titan Siding
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
- Wolfpit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wolfpit is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfpit
How Far From Upper Little Creek 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 Upper Little Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Upper Little Creek and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the North.
- 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 Upper Little Creek to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 315 miles [506.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Upper Little Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Upper Little 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 Upper Little Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3783, Longitude: -82.5186 In this case, the coordinates for Upper Little Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.21 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.997 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.544 degrees. |
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