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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 Blakely, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blakely 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 Blakely:
- 31.377630, -84.933504
- 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 Blakely
- 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 Early County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Early County
- Since Blakely is near Henry County and also Miller County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller 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 Blakely
Communities Also Named Blakely ...
We found eight communities that are also named Blakely.
Within Georgia, the name Blakely is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blakely [Mobile County].
- Arkansas
- Garland County
- This Blakely is located in Garland County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blakely that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Blakely.
- Minnesota
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Blakely [Scott County].
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- This Blakely is located in Warren County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blakely that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Blakely.
- Montana
- Blakely #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Blakely.
- New Brunswick
- This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Blakely.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Blakely is located in Lackawanna County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Blakely that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Blakely.
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg County
- This Blakely is located in Williamsburg County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blakely that is located in Early County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Blakely.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blakely ...
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.
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Freeman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Hentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Luke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luke is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rock Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
How Far From Blakely 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 city such as Blakely to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blakely and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Blakely to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,149 miles [8,286.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Blakely 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blakely) 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 Blakely 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 Blakely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3776, Longitude: -84.9335 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.441 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.563 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.03 degrees. |
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