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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 Blue Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge:
- 34.864689, -84.323903
- 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 Blue Ridge
- 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Since Blue Ridge is near Gilmer County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Blue Ridge
Communities Also Named Blue Ridge ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Blue Ridge.
Within Georgia, the name Blue Ridge is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Blue Ridge.
- Alberta
- This Blue Ridge lies 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- Illinois
- Piatt County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Piatt County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Blue Ridge.
- Indiana
- Shelby County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Blue Ridge.
- Mississippi
- Jasper County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Jasper County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Blue Ridge.
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Harrison County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Blue Ridge.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Essex County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Blue Ridge.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of Blue Ridge [Buncombe County].
- Henderson County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Henderson County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Blue Ridge.
- Transylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Blue Ridge [Transylvania County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Bucks County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Blue Ridge.
- Franklin 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 Pennsylvania community of Blue Ridge [Franklin County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Greenville County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Blue Ridge.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Sullivan County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Blue Ridge.
- Texas
- Collin County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Collin County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the west of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Blue Ridge.
- Falls County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Falls County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the west southwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Blue Ridge.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Blue Ridge [Augusta County].
- Botetourt County
- This Blue Ridge is located in Botetourt County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Blue Ridge.
- Washington
- King County
- This Blue Ridge is located in King County and lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Fannin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Blue Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Ridge ...
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.
- Chestnut Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forge Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forge Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Mill
- Greens Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hothouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Maxwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Mineral Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Murphy Junction is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Junction
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Windy Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Ridge is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
How Far From Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Ridge and extending to:
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Ridge to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 489 miles [787 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Ridge) 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 Blue Ridge 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8647, Longitude: -84.3239 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.257 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.839 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.986 degrees. |
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