Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Heaton Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heaton Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heaton 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 Heaton Creek:
  • 36.159489, -82.083281
  • 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 Heaton 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 Heaton Creek is near Mitchell County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Heaton Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heaton 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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Backwoods is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
• Bitter End
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bitter End is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
• Cloudland ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloudland is located in Mitchell County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudland
• Cove Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cove Creek is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
• Crabtree
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Crabtree is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
• Elk Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elk Park is located in Avery County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 450 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Park <1>
• Evergreen
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Shell Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
  • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
• Sugar Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
• Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley is located in Avery County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heaton Creek and extending to:

• Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Heaton Creek to Elizabethton, with an average speed<3> 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 261 miles [420 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 334 miles [537.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 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 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'