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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 Blackburns Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackburns Store 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 Blackburns Store:
- 31.619335, -84.864368
- 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 Blackburns Store
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Blackburns Store is near Clay County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Blackburns Store
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackburns Store ...
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.
- Bass Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Store is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Store
- Cotton Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Edison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grubb ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grubb is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb
- Jeff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Parksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Pecan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pecan is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
- Shivers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shivers Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers Mill
How Far From Blackburns Store 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 Blackburns Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Blackburns Store once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Blackburns Store and extending to:
- Cuthbert, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blackburns Store to Cuthbert, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Blackburns Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Blackburns Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blackburns Store 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 Blackburns Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6193, Longitude: -84.8644 In this case, the coordinates for Blackburns Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.417 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.569 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.953 degrees. |
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