Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cream City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cream City and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cream City

• 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 Cream City:
  • 40.564509, -80.717855
  • 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 Cream City

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Cream City is near Columbiana County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 Cream City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cream City ...

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.

• Congo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Congo is located in Hancock County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
• Empire
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Empire is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
• Glasgow
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Glasgow is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
• Haysville ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Haysville is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
• Hillcrest
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Irondale
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
• Lennyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lennyville is located in Hancock County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
• Moscow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Moscow is located in Hancock County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Spring Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Grove is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
• Sugar Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
• Vulcan
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Vulcan is located in Columbiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
• Yellow Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

How Far From Cream City 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 Cream City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cream City and extending to:

• Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cream City to Steubenville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'