Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mack Creek Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mack Creek Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mack Creek Village

• 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 Mack Creek Village:
  • 36.985400, -80.690066
  • 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 Mack Creek Village

• 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
  • Since Mack Creek Village is near Montgomery County and also Wythe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wythe 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 Mack Creek Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mack Creek Village ...

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.

• Boom Furnace
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Boom Furnace is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Furnace
• Dublin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Dublin is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <1>
• High Rocks Mill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • High Rocks Mill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rocks Mill
• Indian Valley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Valley is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Valley <1>
• Jett
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jett is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
• Little Montgomery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Little Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Montgomery
• Lone Ash
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Ash is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Ash
• Mitchell Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mitchell Crossroads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Crossroads
• Mountain View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Red Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Reed Junction
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reed Junction is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Junction
• Snowville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Snowville is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
• Star Cave
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Star Cave is located in Wythe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cave
• Tinytown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Tinytown is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinytown

How Far From Mack Creek Village 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 Mack Creek Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mack Creek Village and extending to:

• Pulaski, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mack Creek Village to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'