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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 Creedmoor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creedmoor and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Creedmoor:
    • 30.094329, -97.743154
    • 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 Creedmoor
  • 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 Travis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Travis County
    • Since Creedmoor is near Bastrop County and also Hays County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bastrop County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hays 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 Creedmoor

Communities Also Named Creedmoor ...

We found three communities that are also named Creedmoor.

Within Texas, the name Creedmoor is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Creedmoor [Saint Bernard Parish].
    • New York
      • Queens 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 New York community of Creedmoor [Queens County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Creedmoor is located in Granville County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Creedmoor that is located in Travis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Creedmoor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creedmoor ...

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.

  • Carl
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Carl is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
  • Flatrock Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
  • Ford Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford Oaks is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Oaks
  • Hays
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hays is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Mendoza
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
  • Mustang Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
  • Onion Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Onion Creek is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
  • Pilot Knob
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Shady Hollow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow

How Far From Creedmoor 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 city such as Creedmoor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Creedmoor and extending to:

  • Austin, which is the Seat of Travis County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Creedmoor to Austin, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 75 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,891 miles [12,699.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Creedmoor 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>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- Creedmoor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Creedmoor 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 Creedmoor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0943, Longitude: -97.7432       In this case, the coordinates for Creedmoor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.191 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.443 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.333 degrees.