Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hickory Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hickory Creek
- 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 Hickory Creek:
- 38.989832, -77.302483
- 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 Hickory 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Since Hickory Creek is near Montgomery County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hickory Creek ...
We found ten communities that share the name Hickory Creek.
Within Virginia, the name Hickory Creek is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Benton County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hickory Creek.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hickory Creek.
- Illinois
- Winnebago County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Winnebago County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Hickory Creek.
- Kansas
- 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 Kansas community of Hickory 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 Hickory Creek [Berrien County].
- Missouri
- Audrain County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Audrain County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audrain County community of Hickory Creek.
- Grundy County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the west of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Hickory Creek.
- Texas
- Denton County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Denton County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Hickory Creek.
- Houston County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Houston County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km] to the west southwest of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Hickory Creek.
- Hunt County
- This Hickory Creek is located in Hunt County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the west southwest of the Hickory Creek that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Hickory Creek.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory 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.
- Cinnamon Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinnamon Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Creek
- Cinnamon Creek is located in Fairfax County
- Cooktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Deanwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Fairfax County
- Great Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
- Great Falls is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Falls <5>
- Hickory Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Hickory Run is located in Fairfax County
- Lake Potomac
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Potomac have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Potomac
- Lake Potomac is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Peacock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Pinecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Springvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Springvale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale is located in Fairfax County
- Sun Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley is located in Fairfax County
- Sunset Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Hills is located in Fairfax County
- Wolf Trap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Hickory 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 Hickory Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickory Creek and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hickory Creek to Richmond, with an average speed<7>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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hickory Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fairfax County: www.co.fairfax.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hickory Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickory Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9898, Longitude: -77.3025 In this case, the coordinates for Hickory 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 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 Hickory 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> | 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 Hickory 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hickory Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.041 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.625 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.791 degrees. |