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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 Rich Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rich Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Rich Creek:
- 35.567293, -86.700275
- 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 Rich 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Rich Creek is near Bedford County and also Maury County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maury 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 Rich Creek
Communities Also Named Rich Creek ...
We found two communities that are also named Rich Creek.
Within Tennessee, the name Rich Creek is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Giles County
- This Rich Creek is located in Giles County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rich Creek that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Rich Creek.
- West Virginia
- Logan 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 West Virginia community of Rich Creek [Logan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rich 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.
- Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chapel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clay Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clay Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Halls Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Halls Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mill
- Holly Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Laws Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Thick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thick is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thick
- Tucker Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tucker Ford is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ford
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheel is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Rich 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 Rich Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rich Creek and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rich Creek to Lewisburg, with an average speed<4> 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 41 miles [66 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rich Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rich 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rich 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 Rich Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5673, Longitude: -86.7003 In this case, the coordinates for Rich Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.722 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.624 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.796 degrees. |
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