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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 Caney Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caney Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Caney Creek:
- 35.095076, -84.547986
- 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 Caney 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Caney Creek is near Murray County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Murray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Caney Creek
Communities Also Named Caney Creek ...
We found three communities that are also named Caney Creek.
Within Tennessee, the name Caney Creek is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Walton County
- This Caney Creek is located in Walton County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Caney Creek that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Caney Creek.
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg 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 Caney Creek [Muhlenberg County].
- Missouri
- Scott County
- This Caney Creek is located in Scott County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Caney Creek that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Caney Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caney 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.
- Ball Play
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Chanceytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Copperhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Grassy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Grief ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grief is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grief
- Jonestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonestown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Maggies Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maggies Mill is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggies Mill
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Old Patty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patty
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Parksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Patty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turtletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Caney 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 Caney Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caney Creek and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Caney Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Caney 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 Caney 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 Caney 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 Caney Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0951, Longitude: -84.5480 In this case, the coordinates for Caney Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.398 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.033 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.018 degrees. |
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