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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 Castle Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle 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 Castle Creek:
    • 42.229847, -75.919240
    • 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 Castle Creek
  • 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 Castle Creek ...

We found two communities that share the name Castle Creek.

Within New York, the name Castle Creek is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Castle Creek [Owyhee County].
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Castle Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle 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.

  • Fickles Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fickles Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickles Corner
    • Fickles Corner is located in Chenango County
  • Glen Castle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
    • Glen Castle is located in Broome County
  • Maine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
    • Maine is located in Broome County
  • New Ireland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
    • New Ireland is located in Broome County
  • Page Brook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Page Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Brook
    • Page Brook is located in Chenango County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Broome County
  • Popes Ravine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popes Ravine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Ravine
    • Popes Ravine is located in Broome County
  • Triangle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triangle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
    • Triangle is located in Broome County
  • Tunnel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel
    • Tunnel is located in Broome County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunnel <4>
  • Union Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
    • Union Center is located in Broome County
  • Willow Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
    • Willow Point is located in Broome County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Castle Creek and extending to:

  • Binghamton, which is the Seat of Broome County, lies just to the South.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<5> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Castle Creek to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,303 miles [6,925 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Castle Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Broome County: www.gobroomecounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Castle 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.
<2>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 Castle Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Castle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2298, Longitude: -75.9192    
<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 Castle 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 306.941 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.889 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.846 degrees.




 

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