Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stinking 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 Stinking Creek:
  • 36.506747, -84.141040
  • 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 Stinking 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
  • Since Stinking Creek is near Whitley County and also Claiborne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne 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 Stinking Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stinking 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.

• Coal Mine ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Coal Mine is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mine
• Elk Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
  • Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
• Highcliff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Highcliff is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highcliff
• Ivydell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ivydell is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydell
• Little White Oak
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Little White Oak is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little White Oak
• Lot
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
• Peabody
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Peabody is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
• Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pine Mountain is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
• Red Ash
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stinking Creek and extending to:

• Jacksboro, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stinking Creek to Jacksboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'