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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 Creighton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creighton 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 Creighton:
- 38.496104, -94.071531
- 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 Creighton
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Creighton is near Henry County and also Bates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bates 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 Creighton
Communities Also Named Creighton ...
We found nine communities that are also named Creighton.
Within Missouri, the name Creighton is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Volusia County
- This Creighton is located in Volusia County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Creighton.
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Creighton [Cherokee County].
- Michigan
- Schoolcraft County
- This Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoolcraft County community of Creighton.
- Nebraska
- Knox County
- This Creighton is located in Knox County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Creighton.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Creighton [Guernsey County].
- Ontario
- This Creighton lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Creighton is located in Allegheny County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Creighton.
- Saskatchewan
- This Creighton lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- This Creighton is located in Pennington County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Creighton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Creighton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Creighton ...
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.
- Aaron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aaron is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gunn City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartwell is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
- Harvey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Johnstown is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Piper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Piper is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Quick City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quick City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
How Far From Creighton 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 city such as Creighton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Creighton and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Creighton to Harrisonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Creighton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Creighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Creighton 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Creighton 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 Creighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4961, Longitude: -94.0715 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.649 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.71 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.528 degrees. |
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