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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 Shell Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shell 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 Shell Creek:
- 36.189288, -82.042620
- 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 Shell 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 Shell Creek is near Avery County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Shell Creek
Communities Also Named Shell Creek ...
We found three communities that are also named Shell Creek.
Within Tennessee, the name Shell Creek is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- DeSoto 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 Florida community of Shell Creek [DeSoto County].
- Nebraska
- Colfax 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 Nebraska community of Shell Creek [Colfax County].
- North Dakota
- McLean County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Shell Creek [McLean County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shell 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Backwoods is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
- Bear Stand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Stand is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
- Bitter End
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bitter End is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
- Cove Creek
(5 miles [8 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 west)
- Crabtree is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Cranberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Cranberry Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry Gap is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Gap
- Dark Ridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dark Ridge is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Ridge
- Elk Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Mills is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Elk Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmer Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer Mill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Mill
- Heaton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heaton is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Heaton Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
- Sugar Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
How Far From Shell 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 Shell Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Shell Creek and extending to:
- Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shell Creek to Elizabethton, with an average speed<5> 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 263 miles [423.3 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 331 miles [532.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Shell 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shell Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shell Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shell 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 Shell Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1893, Longitude: -82.0426 In this case, the coordinates for Shell Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.925 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.499 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.699 degrees. |
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