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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 Blume, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blume 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 Blume:
- 33.260145, -82.657910
- 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 Blume
- 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 Glascock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock County
- Since Blume is near Warren County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Blume
Communities Also Named Blume ...
We found one communities that are also named Blume.
Within Georgia, the name Blume is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Blume in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- This Blume is located in Bienville Parish and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west of the Blume that is located in Glascock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Blume.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blume ...
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.
- Chalker ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalker
- David ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- David is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Downs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Five Points is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Four Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Four Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Glovers Millpond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glovers Millpond is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Millpond
- Harts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harts is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Jewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mitchell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
How Far From Blume to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blume to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blume and extending to:
- Gibson, which is the Seat of Glascock County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Blume to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blume) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blume 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 Blume. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2601, Longitude: -82.6579 In this case, the coordinates for Blume have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.232 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.743 degrees. |
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