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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 Green Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green 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 Green Creek:
    • 39.046441, -74.901111
    • 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 Green 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 Cape May County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
    • Since Green Creek is near Sussex County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Green Creek

Communities Also Named Green Creek ...

We found five communities that are also named Green Creek.

Within New Jersey, the name Green Creek is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Effingham County
      • This Green Creek is located in Effingham County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the west of the Green Creek that is located in Cape May County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Green Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Green Creek [Muskegon County].
    • North Carolina
      • Polk County
      • This Green Creek is located in Polk County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Green Creek that is located in Cape May County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Green Creek.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Green Creek lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Creek that is located in Cape May County.
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • This Green Creek is located in Sandusky County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Green Creek that is located in Cape May County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Green Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green 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.

  • Fishing Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fishing Creek is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing Creek
  • Highs Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Highs Beach is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highs Beach
  • King Crab Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • King Crab Landing is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Crab Landing
  • Mayville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mayville is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Nummytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Nummytown is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nummytown
  • Pierces
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pierces is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces
  • Pierces Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pierces Point is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Point
  • Potato Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Potato Island is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Island
  • Wildwood Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood Gardens is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Gardens
  • Wildwood Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood Junction is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Junction

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

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

  • Cape May, which is the Seat of Cape May County, lies just to the South.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Green Creek to Trenton, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west (W). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green 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 Green 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 Green 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 Green Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0464, Longitude: -74.9011    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.628 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.029 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.764 degrees.