Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Little Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Little 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 Little Creek:
- 37.148454, -80.874244
- 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 Little 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 Bland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bland County
- Since Little Creek is near Pulaski County and also Giles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- eBird sighting report for Giles 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 Little Creek ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Little Creek.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Little Creek.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Stafford County
- This Little Creek is located in Stafford County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Little Creek.
- Suffolk 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 Little Creek [Suffolk City].
- Virginia Beach City
- This Little Creek is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the east of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Little Creek.
- Stafford County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Little Creek is located in Kent County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Little Creek.
- Georgia
- Haralson County
- This Little Creek is located in Haralson County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Little Creek.
- Kentucky
- Bell 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 Kentucky community of Little Creek [Bell County].
- Louisiana
- La Salle Parish
- This Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Little Creek.
- Mississippi
- Perry County
- This Little Creek is located in Perry County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Little Creek.
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- This Little Creek is located in Madison County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Little Creek.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Little Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Little Creek.
- Davidson County
- This Little Creek is located in Davidson County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the west of the Little Creek that is located in Bland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Little Creek.
- Scott 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 Tennessee community of Little Creek [Scott County].
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little 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.
- Clark ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Dublin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
- First Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for First Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Ford
- First Ford is located in Giles County
- French
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Holly Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Brook
- Holly Brook is located in Bland County
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Point Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Point Pleasant is located in Bland County
- Poplar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Pumpkin Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Bland County
How Far From Little 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 Little Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Creek and extending to:
- Bland, which is the Seat of Bland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Creek to Bland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,719 miles [7,594.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bland County: www.bland.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Little Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1485, Longitude: -80.8742 In this case, the coordinates for Little 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Little 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Little 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 310.227 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.839 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.927 degrees. |