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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 Kings Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings 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 Kings Creek:
    • 40.448123, -80.596183
    • 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 Kings 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Kings Creek is near Jefferson County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Kings Creek

Communities Also Named Kings Creek ...

We found seven communities that are also named Kings Creek.

Within West Virginia, the name Kings Creek is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Scott County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kings Creek [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • This Kings Creek is located in Letcher County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Kings Creek that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Kings Creek.
    • Maryland
      • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Kings Creek [Somerset County].
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • This Kings Creek is located in Alleghany County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the south of the Kings Creek that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Kings Creek.
      • Caldwell County
      • This Kings Creek is located in Caldwell County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the south of the Kings Creek that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Kings Creek.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Kings Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<2> to the south of the Kings Creek that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Kings Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kings Creek [Roane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings 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.

  • Blackhorse ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Blackhorse is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
  • Chestnut Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Empire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Empire is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Island Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Island Creek is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
  • Logrow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Logrow is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logrow
  • Paris
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Paris is located in Washington County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Pottery Addition
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pottery Addition is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottery Addition
  • Shady Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
  • Sugar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Sun Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sun Valley is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley

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

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

  • New Cumberland, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the North.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kings Creek to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Kings Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kings Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Kings 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Kings 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 Kings Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4481, Longitude: -80.5962       In this case, the coordinates for Kings Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.957 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.025 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.693 degrees.