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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 Fishing Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fishing 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 Fishing Creek:
    • 36.132633, -81.065636
    • 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 Fishing 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 Wilkes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes County
    • Since Fishing Creek is near Alexander County and also Iredell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iredell 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 Fishing Creek

Communities Also Named Fishing Creek ...

We found four communities that are also named Fishing Creek.

Within North Carolina, the name Fishing Creek is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester County
      • This Fishing Creek is located in Dorchester County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fishing Creek that is located in Wilkes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Fishing Creek.
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Fishing Creek is located in Cape May County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fishing Creek that is located in Wilkes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Fishing Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Columbia 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 Pennsylvania community of Fishing Creek [Columbia County].
      • Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Fishing Creek [Lancaster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fishing 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.

  • Brown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Brown is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Bryan ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bryan is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Call
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Call is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
  • Cricket
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cricket is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
  • East Fruitland ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Fruitland is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fruitland
  • Fairplains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
  • Fox Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Hunting Creek ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hunting Creek is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
  • Knottville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Knottville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottville
  • Lovelace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lovelace is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
  • Martin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Roaring River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Stokes ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Stokes is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
    • Sunset Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset Falls is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Falls
    • Wildwood Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wildwood Park is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Park
    • Windy Gap
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Windy Gap is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fishing Creek and extending to:

  • Wilkesboro, which is the Seat of Wilkes County, lies just to the West.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fishing Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 291 miles [468.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,892 miles [11,091.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fishing 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 Fishing 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 Fishing 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 Fishing Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1326, Longitude: -81.0656       In this case, the coordinates for Fishing Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.35 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.831 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.32 degrees.