Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fall Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fall Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fall 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 Fall Creek:
- 34.901488, -82.920422
- 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 Fall 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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oconee County
- Since Fall Creek is near Pickens County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Fall Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Fall Creek.
Within South Carolina, the name Fall Creek is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- San Miguel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Fall Creek [San Miguel County].
- Idaho
- Idaho County
- This Fall Creek is located in Idaho County and lies 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Fall Creek.
- Illinois
- Adams County
- This Fall Creek is located in Adams County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Fall Creek.
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fall Creek [Chatham County].
- Yadkin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fall Creek [Yadkin County].
- Tennessee
- Bedford County
- This Fall Creek is located in Bedford County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Fall Creek.
- Sullivan County
- This Fall Creek is located in Sullivan County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the north northeast of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fall Creek.
- Texas
- Hood County
- This Fall Creek is located in Hood County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the west of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood County community of Fall Creek.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fall Creek [Pittsylvania County].
- Wisconsin
- Eau Claire County
- This Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Fall Creek that is located in Oconee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eau Claire County community of Fall Creek.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fall 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 Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
- Ebenezer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Flat Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Flat Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Moody Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moody Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cove
- Moody Cove is located in Oconee County
- Nine Times
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nine Times have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County
- Old Pickens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Pickens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pickens
- Old Pickens is located in Oconee County
- Pearidge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Picket Post
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picket Post have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picket Post
- Picket Post is located in Oconee County
- Six Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile
- Six Mile is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Six Mile <4>
- Sugar Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in Oconee County
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Pickens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset <4>
- Terrapin Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrapin Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Crossroads
- Terrapin Crossroads is located in Pickens County
How Far From Fall Creek 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 Fall Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fall Creek and extending to:
- Walhalla, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fall Creek to Walhalla, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fall Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oconee County: www.oconeesc.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fall 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fall Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fall Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9015, Longitude: -82.9204 In this case, the coordinates for Fall Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fall Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.428 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.891 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.414 degrees. |