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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 Grape Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grape 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 Grape Creek:
- 35.118847, -84.080462
- 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 Grape 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Grape Creek is near Clay County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Grape Creek
Communities Also Named Grape Creek ...
We found two communities that are also named Grape Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Grape Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- This Grape Creek is located in Vermilion County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Grape Creek that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Grape Creek.
- Texas
- Tom Green County
- This Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the west of the Grape Creek that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tom Green County community of Grape Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grape 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.
- Boiling Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brasstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Martins Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Martins Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Creek
- Murphy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Peachtree is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Regal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Regal is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Sales Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sales Ford is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Ford
How Far From Grape 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 Grape Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grape Creek and extending to:
- Murphy, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Grape 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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grape Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grape 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 Grape Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1188, Longitude: -84.0805 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.119 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.822 degrees. |
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