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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 Blackshear Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackshear Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blackshear Place:
    • 34.220936, -83.861011
    • 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 Blackshear Place
  • 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 Hall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
    • Since Blackshear Place is near Forsyth County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Blackshear Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackshear Place ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cherrywood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Chestnut Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Chicopee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chicopee is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
  • Eaglewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eaglewood is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
  • Evergreen Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
  • Fox Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Trace is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Trace
  • Hidden Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hidden Harbor is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
  • Holiday Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Heights is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
  • Holiday Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Holiday Meadows is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Meadows
  • Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holland is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Maple Forge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Forge is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Forge
  • Mulberry
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Mulberry is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pleasant Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pleasant Brook is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
    • Pleasant View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant View is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Quail Run is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Reed
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Reed is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Vista Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Vista Brook is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Brook

How Far From Blackshear Place 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 Blackshear Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blackshear Place and extending to:

  • Gainesville, which is the Seat of Hall County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Blackshear Place to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 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 '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- Blackshear Place) 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 Blackshear Place 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 Blackshear Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2209, Longitude: -83.8610       In this case, the coordinates for Blackshear Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.962 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.408 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.964 degrees.