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 Blossom:
34.931205, -91.045676
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.
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 Saint Francis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that share the name Blossom.
Within Arkansas, the name Blossom is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Rockdale County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Blossom [Rockdale County].
Indiana
Monroe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Blossom [Monroe County].
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
New York
Erie County
This Blossom is located in Erie County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<3> to the northeast of the Blossom that is located in Saint Francis County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Blossom.
South Carolina
Florence County
This Blossom is located in Florence County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<3> to the east of the Blossom that is located in Saint Francis County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Blossom.
Tennessee
Hawkins County
This Blossom is located in Hawkins County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Blossom that is located in Saint Francis County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Blossom.
Texas
Lamar County
This Blossom is located in Lamar County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Blossom that is located in Saint Francis County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Blossom.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blossom ...
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.
Fargo (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Blossom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blossom and extending to:
Forrest City, which is the Seat of Saint Francis County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blossom to Forrest City, with an average speed<5> 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.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west (W). 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 819 miles [1,318.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,255 miles [8,457.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Blossom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Blossom 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.
<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blossom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blossom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9312, Longitude: -91.0457 In this case, the coordinates for Blossom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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.
<6>
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 Blossom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.407 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.642 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.797 degrees.