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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 Little Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little 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 Little Creek:
    • 35.915386, -82.555136
    • 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 Little 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Little Creek is near Unicoi County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Little Creek

Communities Also Named Little Creek ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Little Creek.

Within North Carolina, the name Little Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Little Creek is located in Kent County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Little Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Haralson County
      • This Little Creek is located in Haralson County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Little Creek.
    • Kentucky
      • Bell 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 Little Creek [Bell County].
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • This Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Little Creek.
    • Mississippi
      • Perry County
      • This Little Creek is located in Perry County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Little Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Little Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Little Creek.
      • Davidson County
      • This Little Creek is located in Davidson County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Little Creek.
      • Scott 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 Tennessee community of Little Creek [Scott County].
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Little Creek is located in Bland County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Little Creek.
      • Stafford County
      • This Little Creek is located in Stafford County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km] to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Little Creek.
      • Suffolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Little Creek [Suffolk City].
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Little Creek is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Little Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little 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.

  • Big Laurel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Big Laurel is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
  • California
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • California is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
  • Coffee Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Coffee Ridge is located in Unicoi County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Ridge
  • English
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • English is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Flag Pond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
  • Harris Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Harris Mill is located in Unicoi County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Mill
  • Ivy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ivy is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
  • Ivy Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ivy Ridge is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Ridge
  • Long Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Long Ridge is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Mars Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Paint Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Paint Fork is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
  • Possumtrot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Possumtrot is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumtrot
  • Rice Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rice Mill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
  • Swiss
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Swiss is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss

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

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

  • Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Creek to Marshall, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 219 miles [352.4 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 365 miles [587.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Little 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Little 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Little 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 Little Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9154, Longitude: -82.5551       In this case, the coordinates for Little Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.228 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.806 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.987 degrees.