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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 Craigs Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craigs 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 Craigs Creek:
- 37.550684, -80.015326
- 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 Craigs 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 Craig County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craig County
- Since Craigs Creek is near Botetourt County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Botetourt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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 Craigs Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Craigs 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.
- Flatwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Haymakertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haymakertown is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymakertown
- Lignite
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lignite is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Marshalltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marshalltown is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Middle Mountain ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middle Mountain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Mountain
- Tinker ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tinker is located in Botetourt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker
- Virginia Mineral Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Craigs 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 Craigs 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<1> community of Craigs Creek once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Craigs Creek and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Craig County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Craigs Creek to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 186 miles [299.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,665 miles [7,507.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Craigs 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- Craigs Creek) 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 Craigs 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 Craigs Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5507, Longitude: -80.0153 In this case, the coordinates for Craigs Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.709 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.308 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.44 degrees. |
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