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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 Mountain Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Creek 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 Mountain Creek:
    • 32.093208, -90.131197
    • 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 Mountain 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Since Mountain Creek is near Simpson County and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds 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 Mountain Creek

Communities Also Named Mountain Creek ...

We found six communities that are also named Mountain Creek.

Within Mississippi, the name Mountain Creek is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chilton County
      • This Mountain Creek is located in Chilton County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Creek that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Mountain Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Mountain Creek is located in Cobb County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Creek that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Mountain Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Mountain Creek [Marshall County].
    • North Carolina
      • Catawba 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 North Carolina community of Mountain Creek [Catawba County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Creek that is located in Rankin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Mountain Creek.
    • Texas
      • Dallas 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 Texas community of Mountain Creek [Dallas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain 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.

  • Cedar Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Clear Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
  • Comeby ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Comeby is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comeby
  • Dane ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dane is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
  • Dears Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dears Ferry is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dears Ferry
  • Dimes Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dimes Ferry is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimes Ferry
  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • King
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • King is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Pearl
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearl is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Plainview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Plainview is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Rosemary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rosemary is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
  • Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Star is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star

How Far From Mountain Creek 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 Mountain Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Mountain Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Creek and extending to:

  • Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Creek to Brandon, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,347 miles [8,605.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mountain Creek) 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 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 Mountain 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Mountain Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Mountain Creek 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 Mountain Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0932, Longitude: -90.1312       In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.587 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.308 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.909 degrees.