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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 Creek View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creek View 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 Creek View:
    • 39.158442, -76.507740
    • 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 Creek View
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Creek View is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Creek View

Communities Also Named Creek View ...

We found four communities that are also named Creek View.

Within Maryland, the name Creek View is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Creek View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Creek View that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Creek View.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Creek View is located in Cherokee County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Creek View that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Creek View.
      • Columbia County
      • This Creek View is located in Columbia County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km] to the southwest of the Creek View that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Creek View.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Creek View is located in Forsyth County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Creek View that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Creek View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creek View ...

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.

  • Beauty Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Beauty Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Beach
  • Chase Wood Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chase Wood Run is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Wood Run
  • Clear Water Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Clear Water Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water Beach
  • Clearview Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearview Village is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Village
  • Cottage Grove Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cottage Grove Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Beach
  • Elizabeths Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Elizabeths Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeths Landing
  • Fairhaven Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fairhaven Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven Beach
  • Green Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
  • Greenland Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Greenland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Beach
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Hillside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hillside Park is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • Jacobsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jacobsville is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Lake View
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lake View is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Orchard Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Paradise Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Paradise Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
    • Rock Creek Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rock Creek Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Landing
    • Rock Creek Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rock Creek Park is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Park
    • Rock Hill Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rock Hill Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Beach
    • Rockhill Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rockhill Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Beach
    • Rockview Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rockview Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview Beach
    • Rockwood Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rockwood Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Beach
    • Sanders Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sanders Park is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
    • School Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • School Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Gardens
    • Silver Sands
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Silver Sands is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Sands
    • Stoney View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Stoney View is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney View
    • Stony Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Stony Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
    • Sunset Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sunset Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
    • Surfside
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Surfside is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside
    • View Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • View Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Creek View to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,446 miles [7,155.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Creek View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Creek View 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 Creek View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1584, Longitude: -76.5077       In this case, the coordinates for Creek View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.56 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.105 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.39 degrees.