Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Long Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Creek
- 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 Long Creek:
- 34.442112, -78.009714
- 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 Long 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 Pender County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pender County
- Since Long Creek is near New Hanover County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Hanover County
- eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Long Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Long Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Long Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Macon County
- This Long Creek is located in Macon County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Long Creek.
- New Brunswick
- This Long Creek lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- Oregon
- Grant County
- This Long Creek is located in Grant County and lies 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Long Creek.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Long Creek lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- South Dakota
- Lincoln 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 Dakota community of Long Creek [Lincoln County].
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Long Creek is located in Cocke County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Long Creek.
- Macon County
- This Long Creek is located in Macon County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west northwest of the Long Creek that is located in Pender County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Long Creek.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.
- Highsmith
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Little Kelly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kelly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kelly
- Little Kelly is located in Pender County
- Long Bluff Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bluff Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bluff Landing
- Long Bluff Landing is located in Pender County
- Piney Wood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Wood
- Piney Wood is located in Pender County
- Red Star Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Star Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star Camp
- Red Star Camp is located in Pender County
- Rocky Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Pender County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Point <4>
- Rooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Skippers Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skippers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers Corner
- Skippers Corner is located in New Hanover County
- Still Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Still Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Bluff
- Still Bluff is located in Pender County
- Twin Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Walnut Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in New Hanover County
How Far From Long 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 Long Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Creek and extending to:
- Burgaw, which is the Seat of Pender County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Creek to Burgaw, with an average speed<5> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pender County: www.pender-county.com/
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 'straight-line' (or 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- Long Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4421, Longitude: -78.0097 In this case, the coordinates for Long 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Long 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Long Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.624 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.606 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.672 degrees. |