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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 Blackwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackwood 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 Blackwood:
    • 34.456477, -84.902719
    • 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 Blackwood
  • 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
    • Since Blackwood is near Bartow County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Blackwood

Communities Also Named Blackwood ...

We found nine communities that are also named Blackwood.

Within Georgia, the name Blackwood is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry County
      • This Blackwood is located in Henry County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Blackwood.
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • This Blackwood is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Blackwood.
    • Nebraska
      • Hitchcock 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 Nebraska community of Blackwood [Hitchcock County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Blackwood is located in Camden County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Blackwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Blackwood is located in Orange County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Blackwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Blackwood is located in Schuylkill County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Blackwood.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Blackwood [Spartanburg County].
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This Blackwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Blackwood.
      • Wise County
      • This Blackwood is located in Wise County and lies 210 miles [338 km] to the northeast of the Blackwood that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Blackwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackwood ...

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 Spring ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Big Spring is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Bowls ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowls is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowls
  • Cash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cash is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Crane Eater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
  • Damascus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Damascus is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Farmville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Farmville is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Fricks Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fricks Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Ferry
  • Hunts Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
  • Lands Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lands Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands Ferry
  • Lays Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lays Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lays Ferry
  • Lewis Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
  • Printup Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Printup Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printup Ferry
  • Redbud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Redbud is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackwood and extending to:

  • Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Blackwood to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 532 miles [856.2 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 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Blackwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Blackwood 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>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 Blackwood 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 Blackwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4565, Longitude: -84.9027       In this case, the coordinates for Blackwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.587 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.161 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.32 degrees.