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Communities Also Named Maple Creek ...
We found six communities that share the name Maple Creek.
Within Saskatchewan, the name Maple Creek is unique.
Beyond Saskatchewan, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Maple Creek.
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Maple Creek is located in Columbia County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Maple Creek.
- Kentucky
- Jessamine 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 Kentucky community of Maple Creek [Jessamine County].
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dodge County, we don't know where within the .
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Maple Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Forest 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 Pennsylvania community of Maple Creek [Forest County].
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maple Creek [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple 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.
- Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Golden Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Skull Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Skull Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Creek
How Far From Maple 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 town such as Maple Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Creek and extending to:
- Regina, which is the Provincial Capital of Saskatchewan, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Maple Creek to Regina, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 91 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Maple Creek: www.maplecreek.ca/ The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Maple Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maple Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9064, Longitude: -109.4791 |
| <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 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 Maple 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 . 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> | 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 Maple Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Maple Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.559 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.723 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.181 degrees. |
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