Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie 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 Prairie Creek:
- 35.195349, -85.137177
- 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 Prairie 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Prairie Creek is near Bradley County and also Sequatchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- eBird sighting report for Sequatchie 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 Prairie Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Prairie Creek.
Within Tennessee, the name Prairie Creek is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Prairie Creek is located in Benton County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prairie Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Prairie Creek.
- Sebastian County
- This Prairie Creek is located in Sebastian County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km] to the west of the Prairie Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Prairie Creek.
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Prairie Creek is located in Lake County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prairie Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Prairie Creek.
- 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 Prairie Creek [Will County].
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- This Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Prairie Creek that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Prairie Creek.
- Michigan
- Ionia 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 Michigan community of Prairie Creek [Ionia County].
- Oregon
- Wallowa 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 Oregon community of Prairie Creek [Wallowa County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie 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.
- Caramel Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caramel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
- Crabtree Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crabtree Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Cross Timbers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Timbers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County
- Garden Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County
- Green Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Green Cove is located in Hamilton County
- Hidden Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
- Hidden Harbor is located in Hamilton County
- Irongate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Lake Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Crest
- Lake Crest is located in Hamilton County
- Lake Dweller
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dweller
- Lake Dweller is located in Hamilton County
- Lakesite
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Nelsons Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsons Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Hamilton County
- Prairie Peninsula
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Peninsula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Peninsula
- Prairie Peninsula is located in Hamilton County
- Ridge Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Summer Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Haven
- Summer Haven is located in Hamilton County
How Far From Prairie 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 Prairie Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Creek and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Creek to Chattanooga, with an average speed<4> 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 113 miles [181.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,114 miles [11,448.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamiltontn.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1953, Longitude: -85.1372 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Prairie 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Prairie Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.755 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.459 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.234 degrees. |