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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 Flat Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flat 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 Flat Creek:
    • 35.754812, -82.545705
    • 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 Flat Creek
  • 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 Flat Creek ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Flat Creek.

Within North Carolina, the name Flat Creek is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Flat Creek.
    • British Columbia
      • This Flat Creek lies 2,030 miles [3,267 km]<1> to the northwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
    • Georgia
      • Fayette 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 Flat Creek [Fayette County].
      • Hall County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Hall County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Flat Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Benewah County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Benewah County and lies 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Flat Creek.
    • Kentucky
      • Bath 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 Kentucky community of Flat Creek [Bath County].
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Flat Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Barry County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the west of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Flat Creek.
    • New York
      • Montgomery County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Flat Creek.
      • Schoharie County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Schoharie County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km] to the northeast of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Flat Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Flat Creek [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Bedford County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Flat Creek.
      • Overton County
      • This Flat Creek is located in Overton County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west northwest of the Flat Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Overton County community of Flat Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flat 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.

  • Beech
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
    • Beech is located in Buncombe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Beech
    • From Flat Creek to Beech
  • Democrat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forks of Ivy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of Ivy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Ivy
    • Forks of Ivy is located in Buncombe County
  • Ivy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jupiter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jupiter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter
    • Jupiter is located in Buncombe County
  • Long Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Madison County
  • Mars Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Paint Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
    • Paint Fork is located in Buncombe County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Buncombe County
  • Stoney Knob
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Weaverville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

How Far From Flat Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flat Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Flat Creek to Asheville, with an average speed<6> 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 218 miles [350.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flat Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Buncombe County: www.buncombecounty.org/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Flat Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flat Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7548, Longitude: -82.5457       In this case, the coordinates for Flat Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Flat 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Flat Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.22 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.775 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.029 degrees.




 

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