Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blalock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blalock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blalock
- 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 Blalock:
- 34.893149, -83.513496
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Blalock
- 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 Rabun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rabun County
- Since Blalock is near Towns County and also Habersham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Towns County
- eBird sighting report for Habersham 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blalock ...
We found four communities that share the name Blalock.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Blalock.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Ontario
- This Blalock lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Blalock that is located in Rabun County.
- Oregon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blalock ...
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.
- Germany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Mountain City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Mountain City is located in Rabun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,113 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <5>
- Mountain Scene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Scene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Orlando
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Otto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Otto is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otto <5>
- Persimmon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Scaly Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scaly Mountain
- Scaly Mountain is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scaly Mountain <5>
- Shooting Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shooting Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooting Creek
- Shooting Creek is located in Clay County (NC)
- Sky Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Valley
- Sky Valley is located in Rabun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sky Valley <5>
- Tiger
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger
- Tiger is located in Rabun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiger <5>
How Far From Blalock to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blalock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blalock and extending to:
- Clayton, which is the Seat of Rabun County, lies just to the East.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Blalock to Atlanta, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blalock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Blalock 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blalock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blalock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8931, Longitude: -83.5135 In this case, the coordinates for Blalock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Blalock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Blalock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.777 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.291 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.653 degrees. |