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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 Haw Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haw 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 Haw Creek:
    • 35.584557, -82.526236
    • 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 Haw 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 Buncombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
    • Since Haw Creek is near Henderson County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Haw Creek

Communities Also Named Haw Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Haw Creek.

Within North Carolina, the name Haw Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Pike 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 Missouri community of Haw Creek [Pike County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This Haw Creek is located in Le Flore County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<2> to the west of the Haw Creek that is located in Buncombe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Haw Creek.
    • Texas
      • Fayette County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Haw Creek [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haw 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.

  • Dogwood Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dogwood Grove is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Grove
  • Echo Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Echo Hills is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Emma
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Emma is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
  • Gashes Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gashes Creek is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gashes Creek
  • Grace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grace is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Happy Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Happy Valley is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Hazel Green
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hazel Green is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
  • Mountainbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Murphy Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphy Junction is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
  • Riceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Riceville is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Rolling Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rolling Green is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
  • Rosebank Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rosebank Park is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Park
  • Spring Time
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Spring Time is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Time
  • Valley Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Valley Springs is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs

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

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

  • Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Haw Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Haw 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Haw Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Haw Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Haw 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 Haw Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5846, Longitude: -82.5262       In this case, the coordinates for Haw Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.207 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.735 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.069 degrees.