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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 Creek Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creek Junction 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 Creek Junction:
- 36.647339, -81.678172
- 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 Creek Junction
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Creek Junction is near Smyth County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smyth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Creek Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Creek Junction ...
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.
- Big Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Big Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
- Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Fork is located in Smyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
- Flatwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Flatwood is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Green Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Laurel Bloomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Listening Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Listening Rock is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listening Rock
- Loves Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Masada
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Masada is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Sugar Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Vails Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vails Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Mill
How Far From Creek Junction 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 Creek Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Creek Junction and extending to:
- Abingdon, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Creek Junction to Abingdon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Creek Junction) 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 Creek Junction 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 Creek Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6473, Longitude: -81.6782 In this case, the coordinates for Creek Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.709 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.318 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.414 degrees. |
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