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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 Creola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creola and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Creola:
    • 39.315347, -82.466267
    • 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 Creola
  • 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 Vinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vinton County
    • Since Creola is near Hocking County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Athens 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 Creola

Communities Also Named Creola ...

We found four communities that are also named Creola.

Within Ohio, the name Creola is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Creola is located in Mobile County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Creola that is located in Vinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Creola.
    • Kansas
      • Finney 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 Creola [Finney County].
    • Louisiana
      • Grant Parish
      • This Creola is located in Grant Parish and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Creola that is located in Vinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant Parish community of Creola.
    • Virginia
      • Grayson 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 Creola [Grayson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creola ...

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.

  • Cedar Falls ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Falls is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
  • Elk Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Elk Fork is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Fork
  • Hope ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hope is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Hue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hue is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hue
  • Moonville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Moonville is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Prattsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Prattsville is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsville
  • Red Diamond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Diamond is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Diamond
  • Royal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Royal is located in Vinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Smock ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Smock is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smock

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

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

  • McArthur, which is the Seat of Vinton County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Creola to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Creola) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Creola 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 Creola 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 Creola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3153, Longitude: -82.4663       In this case, the coordinates for Creola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.153 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.217 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.919 degrees.