Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Little Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Little 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 Little Creek:
- 31.127406, -88.853373
- 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 Little 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Little Creek is near Greene County and also George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for George 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 Little Creek ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Little Creek.
Within Mississippi, the name Little Creek is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Little Creek is located in Kent County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Little Creek.
- Georgia
- Haralson County
- This Little Creek is located in Haralson County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Little Creek.
- Kentucky
- Bell 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 Kentucky community of Little Creek [Bell County].
- Louisiana
- La Salle Parish
- This Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Little Creek.
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- This Little Creek is located in Madison County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Little Creek.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Little Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Little Creek.
- Davidson County
- This Little Creek is located in Davidson County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the north northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Little Creek.
- Scott 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 Tennessee community of Little Creek [Scott County].
- Virginia
- Bland County
- This Little Creek is located in Bland County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Little Creek.
- Stafford County
- This Little Creek is located in Stafford County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km] to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Little Creek.
- Suffolk City
- 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 Virginia community of Little Creek [Suffolk City].
- Virginia Beach City
- This Little Creek is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Little Creek.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little 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.
- Barbara
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Hercules Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hercules Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules Station
- Hercules Station is located in Perry County
- Hillman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Janice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Merrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Progress
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Redhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Little 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 Little Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Creek and extending to:
- New Augusta, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Creek to New Augusta, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 855 miles [1,376 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,752 miles [10,866.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,335 miles [8,585.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1274, Longitude: -88.8534 In this case, the coordinates for Little Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Little 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Little Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.167 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.563 degrees. |