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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 Blue Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Creek 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 Blue Creek:
    • 41.86223, -112.457123
    • 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 Blue Creek
  • 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 Blue Creek ...

We found nine communities that share the name Blue Creek.

Within Utah, the name Blue Creek is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Blue Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Blue Creek.
      • Tallapoosa County
      • This Blue Creek is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km] to the east southeast of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Blue Creek.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Blue Creek is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Blue Creek.
    • Indiana
      • Franklin 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 Indiana community of Blue Creek [Franklin County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Blue Creek [Berrien County].
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Blue Creek is located in Adams County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Blue Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Giles County
      • This Blue Creek is located in Giles County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Blue Creek.
    • Washington
      • Stevens 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 Washington community of Blue Creek [Stevens County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Blue Creek is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Creek that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Blue Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue 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.

  • Cedar Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
    • Cedar Springs is located in Box Elder County
  • Fielding
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
    • Fielding is located in Box Elder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding <4>
  • Nelson ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Nelson is located in Oneida County (ID)
  • Plymouth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Portage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Portage is located in Box Elder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
  • Promontory ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory
    • Promontory is located in Box Elder County
  • Ridgedale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
    • Ridgedale is located in Oneida County (ID)
  • Snowville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Blue Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Creek and extending to:

  • Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Creek to Brigham City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,861 miles [2,995 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,713 miles [12,412.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8622, Longitude: -112.4571    
<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 Blue 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Blue Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Blue 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 332.47 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.222 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.016 degrees.




 

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