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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 Village of Three Creeks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Village of Three Creeks and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Village of Three Creeks
  • 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 Village of Three Creeks:
    • 38.592261, -91.002453
    • 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 Village of Three Creeks
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Village of Three Creeks is near Franklin County and also Saint Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Charles 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 Village of Three Creeks

Communities Also Named Village of Three Creeks ...

We found three communities that are also named Village of Three Creeks.

Within Missouri, the name Village of Three Creeks is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Village of Three Creeks lies 1,708 miles [2,748.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Village of Three Creeks that is located in Warren County.
    • Arkansas
      • Union County
      • This Village of Three Creeks is located in Union County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Village of Three Creeks that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Village of Three Creeks.
    • Utah
      • Beaver 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 Utah community of Village of Three Creeks [Beaver County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Village of Three Creeks ...

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.

  • Clover Bottom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Clover Bottom is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bottom
  • Dundee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dundee is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Fourmile Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fourmile Corner is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
  • Hopewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopewell is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Lyon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyon is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
  • Marthasville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Peers is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peers
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <3>

How Far From Village of Three Creeks 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 village such as Village of Three Creeks to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Village of Three Creeks and extending to:

  • Warrenton, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Village of Three Creeks to Warrenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Village of Three Creeks) 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 Village of Three Creeks 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Village of Three Creeks 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 Village of Three Creeks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5923, Longitude: -91.0025       In this case, the coordinates for Village of Three Creeks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.60 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.358 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.036 degrees.