Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yellow Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellow Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yellow 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 Yellow Creek:
- 35.414072, -83.831983
- 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 Yellow 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 Graham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Graham County
- Since Yellow Creek is near Swain County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Swain County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Yellow Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Yellow Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Yellow Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lamar County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Lamar County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Yellow Creek.
- Georgia
- Dawson 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 Georgia community of Yellow Creek [Dawson County].
- Illinois
- Stephenson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Kentucky
- Bell County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Bell County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<3> to the north of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Yellow Creek.
- Mississippi
- Tishomingo 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 Mississippi community of Yellow Creek [Tishomingo County].
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Yellow Creek.
- Saskatchewan
- This Yellow Creek lies 1,587 miles [2,554 km]<3> to the northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Dickson County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Houston County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Houston County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the west northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Graham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Yellow Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow 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.
- Chilhowey ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Hidetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Jenkins Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Meadow
- Jenkins Meadow is located in Graham County
- Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Milltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rattler Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattler Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattler Ford
- Rattler Ford is located in Graham County
- Robbinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
- Robbinsville is located in Graham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robbinsville <5>
- Sweetgum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Talc Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talc Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc Mountain
- Talc Mountain is located in Swain County
How Far From Yellow 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 Yellow Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yellow Creek and extending to:
- Robbinsville, which is the Seat of Graham County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Yellow Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yellow Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Yellow Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Yellow 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellow Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yellow Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4141, Longitude: -83.8320 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Yellow Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.979 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.597 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.644 degrees. |