Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lost Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lost Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lost 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 Lost Creek:
- 39.162325, -80.348095
- 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 Lost 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Lost Creek is near Lewis County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 Lost Creek ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Lost Creek.
Within West Virginia, the name Lost Creek is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Linn 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 Lost Creek [Linn County].
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- This Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Lost Creek.
- Lawrence County
- This Lost Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the west southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lost Creek.
- Morgan County
- This Lost Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the west southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lost Creek.
- Montana
- Deer Lodge County
- This Lost Creek is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 1,711 miles [2,753.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Lost Creek.
- McCone County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Lost Creek [McCone County].
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Lost Creek.
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- This Lost Creek is located in Richland County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the south of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lost Creek.
- Tennessee
- Union County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lost Creek [Union County].
- White County
- This Lost Creek is located in White County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Lost Creek.
- Texas
- Travis County
- This Lost Creek is located in Travis County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Lost Creek.
- Washington
- Pend Oreille County
- This Lost Creek is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,931 miles [3,107.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lost Creek that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Lost Creek.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lost 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.
- Goodhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Homeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Jane Lew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane Lew
- Jane Lew is located in Lewis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane Lew <5>
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Quiet Dell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
- Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
- Rider
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Romines Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romines Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romines Mills
- Romines Mills is located in Harrison County
- Sheets Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheets Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheets Mills
- Sheets Mills is located in Harrison County
- South Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- South Park is located in Lewis County
How Far From Lost 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 town such as Lost Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lost Creek and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the North.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lost Creek to Charleston, with an average speed<6>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,614 miles [7,425.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lost Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harrison County: www.harrisoncountywv.com/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Lost 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lost Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lost Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1623, Longitude: -80.3481 In this case, the coordinates for Lost Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lost 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> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Lost Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.858 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.719 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.035 degrees. |