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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 Camp Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Creek 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 Camp Creek:
- 35.572550, -81.554283
- 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 Camp 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Since Camp Creek is near Cleveland County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Camp Creek
Communities Also Named Camp Creek ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Camp Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Camp Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Camp Creek lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the northwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Camp Creek is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km]<1> to the west of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Camp Creek.
- Georgia
- Union 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 Georgia community of Camp Creek [Union County].
- Kansas
- Coffey 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 Camp Creek [Coffey County].
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Camp Creek [Osage County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- This Camp Creek is located in Pike County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Camp Creek.
- Ohio
- Stark County
- This Camp Creek is located in Stark County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the north of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Camp Creek.
- Oregon
- Lane 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 Oregon community of Camp Creek [Lane County].
- South Carolina
- Lancaster County
- This Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Camp Creek.
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- This Camp Creek is located in Greene County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Burke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Camp Creek.
- Virginia
- Floyd 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 Virginia community of Camp Creek [Floyd County].
- West Virginia
- Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Camp Creek [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp 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.
- Cat Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cat Square is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Square
- Cooksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Catawba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Delight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Enola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hulls Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knob Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Home is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Olive Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Grove is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove
- Pine Mountain Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Mountain Lakes is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain Lakes
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
How Far From Camp 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 Camp Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camp Creek and extending to:
- Morganton, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Creek to Morganton, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp 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 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 Camp 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Camp 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 Camp Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5725, Longitude: -81.5543 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.683 degrees. |
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