Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sand Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sand Creek
- 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 Sand Creek:
- 41.825882, -84.101612
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sand 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 Lenawee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lenawee County
- Since Sand Creek is near Fulton County and also Hillsdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- eBird sighting report for Hillsdale 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sand Creek ...
We found eight communities that share the name Sand Creek.
Within Michigan, the name Sand Creek is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Adams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sand Creek [Adams County].
- Indiana
- Parke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sand Creek [Parke County].
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- This Sand Creek is located in Harvey County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sand Creek that is located in Lenawee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harvey County community of Sand Creek.
- Montana
- McCone 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 Montana community of Sand Creek [McCone County].
- Nebraska
- Saunders County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sand Creek [Saunders County].
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- This Sand Creek is located in Grant County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sand Creek that is located in Lenawee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Sand Creek.
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sand Creek [Lincoln County].
- Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- This Sand Creek is located in Dunn County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sand Creek that is located in Lenawee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunn County community of Sand Creek.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand 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.
- Advance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Champion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Friendly Village of Adrian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Village of Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Village of Adrian
- Friendly Village of Adrian is located in Lenawee County
- Geneva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Inlet ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Lime Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
- Lime Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Lyons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <5>
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Powers ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Raisin Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raisin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin Center
- Raisin Center is located in Lenawee County
- Rome Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rome Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome Center
- Rome Center is located in Lenawee County
- Townline ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Treadway ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
How Far From Sand 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 Sand Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sand Creek and extending to:
- Adrian, which is the Seat of Lenawee County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Sand Creek to Lansing, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lenawee County: www.lenawee.mi.us/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sand 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sand Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sand Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8259, Longitude: -84.1016 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Sand Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sand Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.124 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.693 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.859 degrees. |