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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 Pine Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine 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 Pine Creek:
    • 38.796042, -116.848413
    • 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 Pine 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 Nye County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
    • Since Pine Creek is near White Pine County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White Pine 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 Pine Creek

Communities Also Named Pine Creek ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Pine Creek.

Within Nevada, the name Pine Creek is unique.

Beyond Nevada, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Pine Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Cobb County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Pine Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Shoshone County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Pine Creek.
    • Illinois
      • Ogle 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 Illinois community of Pine Creek [Ogle County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Pine Creek lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Pine Creek.
      • Ottawa County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Pine Creek.
    • Minnesota
      • Houston County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Houston County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Pine Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede 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 Missouri community of Pine Creek [Laclede County].
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Park County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Pine Creek.
    • New York
      • Schuyler County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County and lies 2,082 miles [3,350.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Pine Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Baker County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Pine Creek.
    • 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 Pine Creek [Allegheny County].
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Kershaw County and lies 2,022 miles [3,254.1 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Pine Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Van Buren County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,732 miles [2,787.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Pine Creek.
    • Texas
      • Bandera 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 Texas community of Pine Creek [Bandera County].
    • Virginia
      • Carroll 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 Virginia community of Pine Creek [Carroll County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Logan County and lies 1,874 miles [3,015.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Pine Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Trempealeau County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pine Creek [Trempealeau County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine 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.

  • Carvers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Carvers is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
  • Danville ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Danville is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Flowers Camp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Flowers Camp is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Camp
  • Jett ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jett is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Learville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Learville is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learville
    • Learville has also been known as:
    • Searville
  • Monarch ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Monarch is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Pioneer ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Round Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Stone House ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Stone House is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Pine Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Creek and extending to:

  • Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Creek to Tonopah, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,005 miles [12,882.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Pine 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 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 Pine 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>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 Pine Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Pine 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 Pine Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7960, Longitude: -116.8484       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.691 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.802 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.782 degrees.