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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 Lake Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake 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 Lake Creek:
- 31.509336, -96.950549
- 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 Lake 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 McLennan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan County
- Since Lake Creek is near Falls County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Lake Creek
Communities Also Named Lake Creek ...
We found eight communities that are also named Lake Creek.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Lake Creek.
Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Delta County
- This Lake Creek is located in Delta County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lake Creek that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Lake Creek.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Polk County
- This Lake Creek is located in Polk County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lake Creek that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lake Creek.
- Idaho
- Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Lake Creek [Kootenai County].
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- This Lake Creek is located in Franklin County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lake Creek that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Lake Creek.
- Williamson 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 Illinois community of Lake Creek [Williamson County].
- Kansas
- Labette 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 Lake Creek [Labette County].
- Missouri
- Benton County
- This Lake Creek is located in Benton County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lake Creek that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lake Creek.
- Oklahoma
- Greer County
- This Lake Creek is located in Greer County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Creek that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greer County community of Lake Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake 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.
- Battle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Downs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Downsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Elk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elk is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Hallsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Lacy - Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Otto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Satin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <3>
How Far From Lake 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 Lake Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Creek and extending to:
- Waco, which is the Seat of McLennan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Creek to Waco, with an average speed<4> 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,788 miles [12,533.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake 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 Lake Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5093, Longitude: -96.9505 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.874 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.248 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.861 degrees. |
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