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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 Peters Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peters 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 Peters Creek:
    • 34.855726, -78.526119
    • 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 Peters 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Peters Creek is near Sampson County and also Bladen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sampson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen 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 Peters Creek

Communities Also Named Peters Creek ...

We found six communities that are also named Peters Creek.

Within North Carolina, the name Peters Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Peters Creek lies 3,517 miles [5,660.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Peters Creek that is located in Cumberland County.
    • Illinois
      • Hardin County
      • This Peters Creek is located in Hardin County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Peters Creek that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Peters Creek.
    • Kentucky
      • Barren 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 Peters Creek [Barren County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Peters Creek [Allegheny County].
      • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Peters Creek [Lancaster County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Peters Creek is located in Patrick County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Peters Creek that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Peters Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peters 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.

  • Bearskin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bearskin is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearskin
  • Bonnetsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
  • Butlers Crossroads
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Butlers Crossroads is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Crossroads
  • Cedar Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Halls Crossroads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Halls Crossroads is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Crossroads
  • Hickory Grove Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Highsmiths
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Highsmiths is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highsmiths
  • Jerome
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jerome is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Piney Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Piney Ridge is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
  • Snow Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Peters Creek to Fayetteville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Peters 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 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 Peters 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 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 Peters 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 Peters Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8557, Longitude: -78.5261       In this case, the coordinates for Peters Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.905 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.99 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.731 degrees.