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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Camp Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Camp Creek:
    • 36.087717, -82.764078
    • 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 Camp 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Camp Creek is near Madison County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Camp Creek

Communities Also Named Camp Creek ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Camp Creek.

Within Tennessee, the name Camp Creek is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Camp Creek lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,644 miles [2,645.8 km]<1> to the west of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Camp Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Union 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 Georgia community of Camp Creek [Union County].
    • Kansas
      • Coffey 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 Kansas community of Camp Creek [Coffey County].
      • Osage 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 Kansas community of Camp Creek [Osage County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Pike County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Camp Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Burke County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Camp Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Stark County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the north of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Camp Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Camp Creek [Lane County].
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Camp Creek that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Camp Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Floyd 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 Virginia community of Camp Creek [Floyd County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Camp Creek [Mercer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp 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.

  • Bethany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bethany is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Cherrydale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherrydale is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greeneville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Greystone is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Heritage Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Hickory Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Holly Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Holly Hills is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Honeys Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Honeys Hill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeys Hill
  • Limestone Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Limestone Springs is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Springs
  • Pinecrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinecrest is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant View is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
    • Robinson Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Robinson Forest is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Forest
    • Rockwood Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwood Hill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hill
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Twin Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Windy Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Windy Hills is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills

How Far From Camp Creek to ...

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 Camp Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camp Creek and extending to:

  • Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Camp Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<4>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Camp Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Camp 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.
<3>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 Camp 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 Camp Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0877, Longitude: -82.7641    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.975 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.023 degrees.