Welcome to Bitter Creek ...
Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bitter Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.
A typical abbreviation for Bitter Creek: Bitter Crk. (or less commonly used: Bitter Ck. or Bitter Cr.)
Bitter Creek is 6,690 feet [2,039 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bitter Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Bitter Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Bitter Creek: 307
Communities Also Named Bitter Creek ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bitter Creek - it's located in Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bitter Creek.
Communities near Bitter Creek ...
We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Bitter Creek.
- Table Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Point of Rocks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tipton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Tipton is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tipton
- From Bitter Creek to Tipton
- Red Desert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Salt Wells
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Wells
- Salt Wells is located in Sweetwater County
- Sweeney Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweeney Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney Ranch
- Sweeney Ranch is located in Sweetwater County
- Superior
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frewen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frewen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frewen
- Frewen is located in Sweetwater County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Frewen
- From Bitter Creek to Frewen
- Wamsutter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bitter Creek ...
Looking for more information about Bitter Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bitter Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bitter Creek.
Adding Bitter Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bitter Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bitter Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Bitter Creek post office opened in 1869.
We also found Bitter Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bitter Creek.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Sweetwater, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bitter Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |