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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 Deep Creek:
37.082647, -76.514674
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We found nineteen communities that share the name Deep Creek.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Deep Creek.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Accomack County
This Deep Creek is located in Accomack County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Deep Creek.
Chesapeake City
This Deep Creek is located in Chesapeake City and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Deep Creek.
Norfolk City
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 Virginia community of Deep Creek [Norfolk City].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Deep Creek lies 2,283 miles [3,674.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
Colorado
San Miguel 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 Colorado community of Deep Creek [San Miguel County].
Florida
Charlotte County
This Deep Creek is located in Charlotte County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Deep Creek.
Columbia County
This Deep Creek is located in Columbia County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Deep Creek.
Idaho
Boundary County
This Deep Creek is located in Boundary County and lies 2,140 miles [3,444 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boundary County community of Deep Creek.
Twin Falls County
This Deep Creek is located in Twin Falls County and lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twin Falls County community of Deep Creek.
Kansas
Clay 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 Deep Creek [Clay County].
Kentucky
Mercer County
This Deep Creek is located in Mercer County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Deep Creek.
Maryland
Anne Arundel 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 Maryland community of Deep Creek [Anne Arundel County].
Mississippi
Perry County
This Deep Creek is located in Perry County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Deep Creek.
Montana
Broadwater County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Deep Creek [Broadwater County].
Nevada
Elko County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Deep Creek [Elko County].
North Carolina
Anson County
This Deep Creek is located in Anson County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Deep Creek.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Deep Creek [Clackamas County].
Tennessee
Knox County
This Deep Creek is located in Knox County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Deep Creek.
Washington
Spokane County
This Deep Creek is located in Spokane County and lies 2,194 miles [3,530.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Deep Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deep 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 Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Deep Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deep Creek and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Deep Creek to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Deep Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deep Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0826, Longitude: -76.5147 In this case, the coordinates for Deep Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Deep 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 . 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>
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 Deep Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<6>
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 Deep Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.692 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.935 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.188 degrees.