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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 Crooked Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crooked Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Crooked Creek:
    • 37.882047, -81.981236
    • 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 Crooked 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Since Crooked Creek is near Boone County and also Mingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo 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 Crooked Creek

Communities Also Named Crooked Creek ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Crooked Creek.

Within West Virginia, the name Crooked Creek is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Crooked Creek [Cullman County].
      • Lee County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Lee County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Alaska
      • This Crooked Creek lies 3,514 miles [5,655.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
    • Alberta
      • This Crooked Creek lies 2,050 miles [3,299.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Crooked Creek [Steuben County].
    • Kansas
      • Ford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crooked Creek [Ford County].
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crooked Creek [Jefferson County].
      • McPherson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crooked Creek [McPherson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Estill County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the west of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Crooked Creek.
      • Pike County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Pike County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the southwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Shelby County
      • Although located in Shelby County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Crooked Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the south of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Ontario
      • This Crooked Creek lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Crooked Creek [Huntingdon County].
      • Tioga County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Perry County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Perry County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Crooked Creek that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Crooked Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crooked 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.

  • Black Bottom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Bottom is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
  • Dog Patch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dog Patch is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Patch
  • Ethel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Ethel is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Freeze Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Freeze Fork is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze Fork
  • Hedgeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hedgeview is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
  • Monitor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Monitor is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
  • Peach Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Peach Creek is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
  • Pecks Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
  • Red Campbell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Campbell is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Campbell
  • Ridgeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeview is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
  • Shamrock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shamrock is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Sunbeam
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunbeam is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
  • Walnut Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
  • Wanda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wanda is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crooked Creek and extending to:

  • Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Crooked Creek to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Crooked 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.
<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- Crooked Creek) 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 Crooked Creek 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 Crooked Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8820, Longitude: -81.9812       In this case, the coordinates for Crooked Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.88 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.161 degrees.