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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 Blands Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blands Landing 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 Blands Landing:
- 32.681523, -85.139105
- 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 Blands Landing
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Blands Landing is near Harris County and also Chambers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers 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 Blands Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blands Landing ...
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.
- Glass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glass is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Houston Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Houston Ferry is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Ferry
- Jester
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jester is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
- Mechanicsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Piney Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- River View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Blands Landing 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 Blands Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blands Landing and extending to:
- Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Blands Landing to Opelika, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Blands Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blands Landing 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 Blands Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6815, Longitude: -85.1391 In this case, the coordinates for Blands Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.641 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.825 degrees. |
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