Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Patterson Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patterson Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Patterson 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 Patterson Creek:
- 39.566756, -78.733073
- 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 Patterson 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Patterson Creek is near Allegany County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 Patterson Creek ...
We found one communities that share the name Patterson Creek.
Within West Virginia, the name Patterson Creek is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Patterson Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Whitley 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 Kentucky community of Patterson Creek [Whitley County].
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patterson 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.
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowling Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Brady
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Cedar Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cedar Cliff is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Dans Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Frost ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Green Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Green Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Knobmount
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Mexico
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanty Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Shanty Town is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Short Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Spring Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Spring Gap is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Triple Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triple Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triple Lakes
- Triple Lakes is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Twiggtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Patterson 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 Patterson Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Patterson Creek and extending to:
- Keyser, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Patterson Creek to Keyser, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Patterson Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mineral County: www.mineralcountywv.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 Patterson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Patterson Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Patterson Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5668, Longitude: -78.7331 In this case, the coordinates for Patterson Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Patterson Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.862 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.186 degrees. |