Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elm Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elm Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elm 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 Elm Creek:
- 28.774419, -100.491744
- 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 Elm 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 Maverick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Maverick County
- Since Elm Creek is near Kinney County and also Zavala County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kinney County
- eBird sighting report for Zavala 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 Elm Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Elm Creek.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Elm Creek.
Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Elm Creek [Ellsworth County].
- Lyon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elm Creek [Lyon County].
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elm Creek [Marshall County].
- Morris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elm Creek [Morris County].
- Manitoba
- This Elm Creek lies 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km]<3> to the north of the Elm Creek that is located in Maverick County.
- Nebraska
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elm 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.
- Darling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Eagle Pass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Pass
- Eagle Pass is located in Maverick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,515 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Pass <5>
- Normandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Radar Base
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radar Base
- Radar Base is located in Maverick County
How Far From Elm 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 Elm Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elm Creek and extending to:
- Eagle Pass, which is the Seat of Maverick County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Elm Creek to Austin, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 86 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,337 miles [11,807.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,070 miles [12,987.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elm Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Maverick County: www.maverickcounty.org/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Elm Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Elm 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Elm Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elm Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7744, Longitude: -100.4917 In this case, the coordinates for Elm Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Elm 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 321.818 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.208 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.611 degrees. |