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 Wells Creek:
40.037856, -78.994748
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 Wells 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Wells Creek.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Wells Creek is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Newton County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wells Creek [Newton County].
Kentucky
Elliott County
This Wells Creek is located in Elliott County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wells Creek that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elliott County community of Wells Creek.
Texas
Anderson County
This Wells Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wells Creek that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Wells Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wells 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.
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 Wells Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wells Creek and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wells Creek to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Wells Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Wells Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wells 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 Wells Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0379, Longitude: -78.9947 In this case, the coordinates for Wells Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.995 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.87 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.126 degrees.