Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wolf Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wolf Creek
- 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 Wolf Creek:
- 43.949844, -123.378985
- 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 Wolf 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Since Wolf Creek is near Douglas County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- eBird sighting report for Linn 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wolf Creek ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Wolf Creek.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Wolf Creek.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Josephine County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Josephine County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Wolf Creek.
- Josephine County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County and lies 2,097 miles [3,374.8 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Wolf Creek.
- Arkansas
- Pike 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 Arkansas community of Wolf Creek [Pike County].
- Illinois
- Williamson County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Williamson County and lies 1,832 miles [2,948.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Wolf Creek.
- Indiana
- Marshall 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 Indiana community of Wolf Creek [Marshall County].
- Kansas
- Lincoln County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,326 miles [2,134 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wolf Creek.
- Kentucky
- Meade County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Meade County and lies 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Wolf Creek.
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of Wolf Creek.
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Wolf Creek.
- Ohio
- Washington County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Washington County and lies 2,145 miles [3,452 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wolf Creek.
- South Dakota
- Hutchinson County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Hutchinson County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hutchinson County community of Wolf Creek.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County and lies 2,187 miles [3,519.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Wolf Creek.
- DeKalb 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 Tennessee community of Wolf Creek [DeKalb County].
- Lawrence County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km] to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Wolf Creek.
- Rhea County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Rhea County and lies 2,101 miles [3,381.2 km] to the east of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Wolf Creek.
- Texas
- San Jacinto County
- This Wolf Creek is located in San Jacinto County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Jacinto County community of Wolf Creek.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Weber County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Wolf Creek.
- West Virginia
- Summers 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 Wolf Creek [Summers County].
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Wolf Creek is located in Polk County and lies 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wolf Creek that is located in Lane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Wolf Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf 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.
- Crow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Flagg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Franklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Lane County
- Globe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Long Tom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Mound ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - River Road
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Road have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- River Road is located in Lane County
- Royal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Sailor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Wolf 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 Wolf Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolf Creek and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Creek to Eugene, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,392 miles [3,849.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,791 miles [12,538.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wolf Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wolf Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wolf Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9498, Longitude: -123.3790 In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wolf 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> | 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wolf Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.539 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.03 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.653 degrees. |