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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 Sleepy Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sleepy Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sleepy Creek:
- 39.668194, -78.081602
- 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 Sleepy 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Sleepy Creek is near Washington County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Sleepy Creek
Communities Also Named Sleepy Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Sleepy Creek.
Within West Virginia, the name Sleepy Creek is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Sleepy Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Wayne County
- This Sleepy Creek is located in Wayne County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south of the Sleepy Creek that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Sleepy Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sleepy 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.
- Big Pool
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ernstville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ernstville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
- Indian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Mountain Vistas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Vistas is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vistas
- Park Head
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Park Head is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Head
- Runners Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Timber Ridge Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Ridge Heights is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge Heights
How Far From Sleepy 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 Sleepy Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sleepy Creek and extending to:
- Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sleepy Creek to Charleston, 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,495 miles [7,234 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sleepy Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sleepy 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 Sleepy Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6682, Longitude: -78.0816 In this case, the coordinates for Sleepy Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.464 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.21 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.865 degrees. |
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