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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 Creekwood Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creekwood Place 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 Creekwood Place:
    • 32.339589, -90.032028
    • 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 Creekwood Place
  • 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Since Creekwood Place is near Hinds County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Creekwood Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creekwood Place ...

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.

  • Arrowhead Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrowhead Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
  • Crossgates
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crossgates is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
  • Forest Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forest Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Point
  • Grove Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grove Park is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Harbourview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Harbourview is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbourview
  • Hunters Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hunters Woods is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
  • Lakeshore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lakeshore is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Millrun
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Millrun is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrun
  • Paradise Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Paradise Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
  • Skyway Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Skyway Hills is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyway Hills
  • Summerwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Summerwood is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
  • Sunrise Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Terrapin Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Terrapin Hill is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Hill
    • Timber Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Timber Lakes is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
    • Turtle Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Turtle Creek is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
    • Value
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Value is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Value
    • Waterwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Waterwood is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwood
    • Woodlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Woodlake is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Creekwood Place 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 Creekwood Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Creekwood Place and extending to:

  • Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Creekwood Place to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Creekwood Place) 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 Creekwood Place 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 Creekwood Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3396, Longitude: -90.0320       In this case, the coordinates for Creekwood Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.549 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.298 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.827 degrees.