Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Horse Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horse Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Horse 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 Horse Creek:
- 36.162882, -82.663204
- 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 Horse 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Horse Creek is near Washington County and also Unicoi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Unicoi 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 Horse Creek ...
We found eight communities that share the name Horse Creek.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Horse Creek.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Sullivan County
- This Horse Creek is located in Sullivan County and lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Horse Creek.
- Sullivan County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker 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 Horse Creek [Walker County].
- British Columbia
- This Horse Creek lies 1,971 miles [3,172 km]<1> to the northwest of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- California
- Siskiyou County
- This Horse Creek is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Horse Creek.
- Illinois
- Will 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 Illinois community of Horse Creek [Will County].
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Horse Creek is located in Aiken County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Horse Creek.
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Horse Creek is located in Polk County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Horse Creek.
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- This Horse Creek is located in Laramie County and lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Horse Creek that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Horse Creek.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horse 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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Greene County
- Chuckey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckey
- Chuckey is located in Greene County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chuckey <4>
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gravel Hill is located in Washington County
- Greystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Limestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <4>
- Painter Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Painter Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Spring
- Painter Spring is located in Washington County
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Greene County
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Horse 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 Horse Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Horse Creek and extending to:
- Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Horse Creek to Greeneville, 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 229 miles [368.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Horse 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Horse Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Horse Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1629, Longitude: -82.6632 In this case, the coordinates for Horse 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 Horse 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> | 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. |
| <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 Horse 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 311.294 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.918 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.961 degrees. |