Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cypress Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cypress Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cypress 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 Cypress Creek:
- 34.183225, -78.634458
- 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 Cypress 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Since Cypress Creek is near Brunswick County and also Horry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- eBird sighting report for Horry 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 Cypress Creek ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Cypress Creek.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Cypress Creek.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Bladen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cypress Creek [Bladen County].
- Duplin County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Duplin County and lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Cypress Creek.
- Bladen County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the west of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cypress Creek.
- Florida
- Hamilton County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Hamilton County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cypress Creek.
- Illinois
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cypress Creek [Johnson County].
- Louisiana
- Evangeline Parish
- This Cypress Creek is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Cypress Creek.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Cypress Creek.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Horry County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Cypress Creek.
- Spartanburg County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Spartanburg County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west northwest of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Cypress Creek.
- Tennessee
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cypress Creek [Henry County].
- Texas
- Kerr County
- This Cypress Creek is located in Kerr County and lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<2> to the west of the Cypress Creek that is located in Columbus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kerr County community of Cypress Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cypress 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.
- Bug Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Butler Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Crossroads
- Butler Crossroads is located in Columbus County
- Freeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Honey Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
- Honey Hill is located in Columbus County
- Mark Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Old Dock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Pine Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Pine Level is located in Columbus County
- Pleasant Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Pleasant Plains is located in Columbus County
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Seven Creeks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Creeks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Creeks
- Seven Creeks is located in Columbus County
How Far From Cypress 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 Cypress Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cypress Creek and extending to:
- Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cypress Creek to Whiteville, 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north (N). 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 337 miles [542.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cypress Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbus County: www.columbusco.org/main
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cypress 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. |
| <2> | 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- Cypress Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cypress Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1832, Longitude: -78.6345 In this case, the coordinates for Cypress Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cypress 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 308.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.984 degrees. |