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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 Cove Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cove 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 Cove Creek:
    • 36.262579, -84.161036
    • 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 Cove 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
    • Since Cove Creek is near Anderson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Cove Creek

Communities Also Named Cove Creek ...

We found seven communities that are also named Cove Creek.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Cove Creek.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Carter County
      • This Cove Creek is located in Carter County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cove Creek that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Cove Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah 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 Alabama community of Cove Creek [Etowah County].
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring 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 Arkansas community of Cove Creek [Hot Spring County].
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Cove Creek is located in Haywood County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cove Creek that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Cove Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Bland 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 Cove Creek [Bland County].
      • Tazewell County
      • This Cove Creek is located in Tazewell County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cove Creek that is located in Campbell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Cove Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne 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 Cove Creek [Wayne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cove 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.

  • Caryville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Disney
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Disney is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disney
  • Hatmaker ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
  • High Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • High Point is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Hunter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hunter is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Indian Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Creek is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Jacksboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Knapp ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Knapp is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Peewee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Peewee is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
  • Pine Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
  • Red Ash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Ash is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rocky Top
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
      • Former names for Rocky Top:
      • Coal Creek
      • Lake City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <4>
    • Round Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Round Rock is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Rock
    • Silica
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silica is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
    • Slatestone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Slatestone is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatestone

How Far From Cove Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cove Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cove Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<5>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 430 miles [692 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Cove 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cove 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>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 Cove Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cove 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 Cove Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2626, Longitude: -84.1610       In this case, the coordinates for Cove Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.194 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.965 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.553 degrees.