Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blanchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanchard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blanchard
- 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 Blanchard:
- 38.820669, -75.652151
- 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 Blanchard
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Blanchard is near Kent County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Blanchard ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Blanchard.
Within Delaware, the name Blanchard is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Hardin County
- This Blanchard is located in Hardin County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blanchard that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Blanchard.
- Licking 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 Ohio community of Blanchard [Licking County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Blanchard is located in Allegheny County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blanchard that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Blanchard.
- Centre County
- This Blanchard is located in Centre County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the north northwest of the Blanchard that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Blanchard.
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanchard ...
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 Pine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Burrsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burrsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrsville
- Burrsville is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Cocked Hat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cocked Hat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocked Hat
- Cocked Hat is located in Sussex County
- Deer Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Sussex County
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Kent County
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Sussex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Sussex County
- Hobbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Jacobs Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Crossroads
- Jacobs Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Legion Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legion Heights
- Legion Heights is located in Caroline County (MD)
- Melvin Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Crossroads
- Melvin Crossroads is located in Kent County
- Union Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Union Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)
How Far From Blanchard 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 Blanchard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanchard and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blanchard to Georgetown, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,842 miles [9,401.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blanchard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sussex County: www.sussexcounty.net/
The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/
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 Blanchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanchard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blanchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8207, Longitude: -75.6522 In this case, the coordinates for Blanchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Blanchard 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Blanchard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.083 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.511 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.167 degrees. |