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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 Gap Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gap 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 Gap Creek:
    • 36.285665, -82.232355
    • 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 Gap 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Gap Creek is near Unicoi County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Gap Creek

Communities Also Named Gap Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Gap Creek.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gap Creek [Knox County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gap Creek [Ashe County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Gap Creek is located in Greenville County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south of the Gap Creek that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Gap Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gap 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 Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Big Spring is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Breezy Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Breezy Hills is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hills
  • Buffalo View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo View is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo View
  • Cedar Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Central
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Charity Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Charity Hill is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • College Park is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Dogtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogtown is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Gap Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gap Run is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
  • Georgia Terrace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Georgia Terrace is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Terrace
  • Green Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Pine is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pine
  • Meadowview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Oak Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Pine Crest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pine Crest is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Piney Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Piney Grove is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Powder Branch
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Powder Branch is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
    • Sinking Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sinking Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Creek
    • Stoney Brook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stoney Brook is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
    • Sunset
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sunset is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Three Mountains
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Three Mountains is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
    • Tiger Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tiger Valley is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Valley
    • Valley Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley Park is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
    • Whispering Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Wildwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Wildwood is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Gap 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 Gap Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Gap Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Gap 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.
<2>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- Gap Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Gap 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 Gap Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2857, Longitude: -82.2324       In this case, the coordinates for Gap Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.038 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.642 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.749 degrees.