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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cove Creek
- 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:
- 36.140951, -82.119846
- 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.
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Cove Creek is near Mitchell County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- eBird sighting report for Avery 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cove Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Cove Creek.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Cove Creek.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Campbell County
- This Cove Creek is located in Campbell County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cove Creek that is located in Carter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Cove Creek.
- Campbell County
- 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 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cove Creek that is located in Carter 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 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cove Creek that is located in Carter 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].
- Alabama
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.
- Backwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Bitter End
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter End have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
- Bitter End is located in Carter County
- Cloudland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Cooktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Heaton Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaton Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
- Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek
- Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Plato
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Shell Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Shell Creek is located in Carter County
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
- Sugar Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
- Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
- Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cove 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 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:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cove Creek to Elizabethton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cove Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cove Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cove Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1410, Longitude: -82.1198 In this case, the coordinates for Cove Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.971 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.544 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.745 degrees. |