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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 Fires Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fires 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 Fires Creek:
- 35.077032, -83.864067
- 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 Fires 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Fires Creek is near Cherokee County and also Towns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Towns 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 Fires Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fires 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.
- Brasstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Cliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Coalville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Elf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Gumlog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gumlog is located in Towns County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Jones Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Mill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Marble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mission
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Peachtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Pine Log Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Pinelog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinelog is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelog
- Regal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Regal is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Sales Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sales Ford is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Ford
- Valleytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Valleytown is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleytown
How Far From Fires Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fires Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fires Creek and extending to:
- Hayesville, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fires Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 459 miles [738.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Fires Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fires 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 Fires Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0770, Longitude: -83.8641 In this case, the coordinates for Fires Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.99 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.561 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.746 degrees. |
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