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 Village Creek:
34.693713, -82.910424
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 Village 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:
We found two communities that are also named Village Creek.
Within South Carolina, the name Village Creek is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Village Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Village Creek that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Village Creek.
Iowa
Allamakee County
This Village Creek is located in Allamakee County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Village Creek that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Village Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Village 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.
Adams Crossing (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Village Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Village Creek and extending to:
Walhalla, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Village Creek to Walhalla, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 117 miles [188.3 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 435 miles [700.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,035 miles [11,321.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Village Creek) 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 Village 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 Village Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6937, Longitude: -82.9104 In this case, the coordinates for Village Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.418 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.849 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.466 degrees.