Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yellow Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellow Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yellow 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 Yellow Creek:
- 36.278667, -87.568626
- 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 Yellow 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Yellow Creek is near Dickson County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dickson County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Yellow Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Yellow Creek.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Yellow Creek.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Dickson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Dickson County and lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Dickson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lamar County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Lamar County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Yellow Creek.
- Georgia
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Yellow Creek [Dawson County].
- Illinois
- Stephenson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Kentucky
- Bell County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Bell County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Yellow Creek.
- Mississippi
- Tishomingo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Yellow Creek [Tishomingo County].
- North Carolina
- Graham County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Graham County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Yellow Creek.
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Yellow Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- This Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Yellow Creek.
- Saskatchewan
- This Yellow Creek lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Yellow Creek that is located in Houston County.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow 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.
- Dolomite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Erin is located in Houston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <5>
- Fleetvile ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Liners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Marthas Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marthas Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthas Chapel
- Marthas Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sailors Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Silvertop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Houston County
- Stony Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stony Point is located in Dickson County
How Far From Yellow Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Yellow Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yellow Creek and extending to:
- Erin, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Yellow Creek to Nashville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yellow 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 from Point A (ie- Yellow Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yellow Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2787, Longitude: -87.5686 In this case, the coordinates for Yellow Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Yellow Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Yellow 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Yellow Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.291 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.379 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.002 degrees. |