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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 Camp Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp 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 Camp Creek:
    • 40.734502, -81.573457
    • 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 Camp 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
    • Since Camp Creek is near Wayne County and also Tuscarawas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscarawas 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 Camp Creek

Communities Also Named Camp Creek ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Camp Creek.

Within Ohio, the name Camp Creek is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Camp Creek lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the west of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Camp Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Union 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 Camp Creek [Union County].
    • Kansas
      • Coffey 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 Kansas community of Camp Creek [Coffey County].
      • Osage 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 Kansas community of Camp Creek [Osage County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Pike County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Camp Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Burke County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the south of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Camp Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Camp Creek [Lane County].
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the south of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Camp Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Greene County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Stark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Camp Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Floyd 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 Camp Creek [Floyd County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Camp Creek [Mercer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp 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.

  • Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crossroads is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Elton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Elton is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Lawndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawndale is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Mayflower Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
  • New England
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • New England is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
  • Park Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Park Heights is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
  • Pigeon Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
  • Richville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Richville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Rockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rolling Hills Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Smoketown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoketown is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
  • Walnut Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From Camp Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Camp Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Creek to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,004 miles [9,662.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Camp 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 Camp 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 Camp 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 Camp Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7345, Longitude: -81.5735       In this case, the coordinates for Camp Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.554 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.746 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.038 degrees.