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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 Battle Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battle 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 Battle Creek:
    • 38.606509, -78.585847
    • 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 Battle 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 Battle Creek ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Battle Creek.

Within Virginia, the name Battle Creek is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Battle Creek [Shasta County].
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • This Battle Creek is located in Routt County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Battle Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Oneida 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 Idaho community of Battle Creek [Oneida County].
    • Iowa
      • Ida County
      • This Battle Creek is located in Ida County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ida County community of Battle Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln 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 Kansas community of Battle Creek [Lincoln County].
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Battle Creek is located in Calhoun County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the northwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Battle Creek.
    • Nebraska
      • Madison County
      • This Battle Creek is located in Madison County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Battle Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Battle Creek.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Battle Creek lies 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Battle Creek is located in Oconee County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Battle Creek that is located in Page County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Battle Creek.
    • Utah
      • Utah 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 Utah community of Battle Creek [Utah County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Battle 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.

  • Alpine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Alpine is located in Shenandoah County
  • Catherine Furnace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Furnace
    • Catherine Furnace is located in Page County
  • Grove Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
    • Grove Hill is located in Page County
  • Honeyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
    • Honeyville is located in Page County
  • Intersections
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Intersections have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intersections
    • Intersections is located in Page County
  • Leaksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaksville
    • Leaksville is located in Page County
  • Marksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Marksville is located in Page County
  • Shavertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavertown
    • Shavertown is located in Shenandoah County
  • Stanley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Stanley is located in Page County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <5>
  • Whitehouse Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
    • Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County

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

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

  • Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Battle Creek to Richmond, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,559 miles [7,337 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Battle Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Page County: www.co.page.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Battle Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Battle Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Battle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6065, Longitude: -78.5858       In this case, the coordinates for Battle Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Battle 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 Battle 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 308.822 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.455 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.475 degrees.




 

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