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 Creekwood:
33.965425, -81.274823
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 Creekwood
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 Lexington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found twelve communities that are also named Creekwood.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Creekwood.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Anderson County
This Creekwood is located in Anderson County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Creekwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This Creekwood is located in Lauderdale County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Creekwood.
Mobile County
This Creekwood is located in Mobile County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the west southwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Creekwood.
Georgia
Camden County
This Creekwood is located in Camden County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the south of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Creekwood.
Coweta County
This Creekwood is located in Coweta County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the west of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Creekwood.
Illinois
Will County
This Creekwood is located in Will County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Creekwood.
Indiana
Marion County
This Creekwood is located in Marion County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Creekwood.
North Carolina
Craven County
This Creekwood is located in Craven County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Creekwood.
Davie County
This Creekwood is located in Davie County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north northeast of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davie County community of Creekwood.
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Creekwood is located in Bedford County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Creekwood.
Blount County
This Creekwood is located in Blount County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Creekwood.
Rutherford County
This Creekwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the west northwest of the Creekwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Creekwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Creekwood ...
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.
Coventry Woods (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Creekwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Creekwood and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Creekwood to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Creekwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Creekwood 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 Creekwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9654, Longitude: -81.2748 In this case, the coordinates for Creekwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.459 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.643 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.032 degrees.