Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Eagle Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Eagle 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 Eagle Creek:
- 36.497286, -85.236071
- 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 Eagle 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 Overton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Overton County
- Since Eagle Creek is near Pickett County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pickett County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Eagle Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Eagle Creek.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Eagle Creek.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Benton County
- This Eagle Creek is located in Benton County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eagle Creek that is located in Overton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Eagle Creek.
- Benton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tallapoosa County
- This Eagle Creek is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the south of the Eagle Creek that is located in Overton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Eagle Creek.
- Arizona
- Greenlee 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 Arizona community of Eagle Creek [Greenlee County].
- British Columbia
- This Eagle Creek lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eagle Creek that is located in Overton County.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Eagle Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eagle Creek that is located in Overton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eagle Creek.
- 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 Eagle Creek [Coffey County].
- Lyon 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 Eagle Creek [Lyon County].
- Montana
- Daniels County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Daniels County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daniels County community of Eagle Creek.
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- This Eagle Creek is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eagle Creek that is located in Overton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Eagle Creek.
- Texas
- Wilson County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wilson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Eagle Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle 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.
- Big Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs is located in Overton County
- Boom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Free Communion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Howard Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Chapel
- Howard Chapel is located in Overton County
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Overton County
- Ozone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Plain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Grove
- Plain Grove is located in Pickett County
- Rocky Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rocky Ridge is located in Overton County
- Sunset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Eagle 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 community such as Eagle Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Eagle Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagle Creek and extending to:
- Livingston, which is the Seat of Overton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Creek to Livingston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,937 miles [7,945.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4973, Longitude: -85.2361 In this case, the coordinates for Eagle 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 Eagle 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 312.854 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.756 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.945 degrees. |