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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 Blacksboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blacksboro 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 Blacksboro:
- 32.934298, -84.261585
- 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 Blacksboro
- 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 Upson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upson County
- Since Blacksboro is near Lamar County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Blacksboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blacksboro ...
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.
- Clearwater Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater Springs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Springs
- Dog Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dog Crossing is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Crossing
- Lincoln Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Logtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Meansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redbone Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Redbone Crossroads is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbone Crossroads
- Rest Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rest Haven is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Silvertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silvertown is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvertown
How Far From Blacksboro 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 Blacksboro 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 Blacksboro once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Blacksboro and extending to:
- Thomaston, which is the Seat of Upson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Blacksboro to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 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 Blacksboro, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blacksboro) 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 Blacksboro 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 Blacksboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9343, Longitude: -84.2616 In this case, the coordinates for Blacksboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.143 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.431 degrees. |
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