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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 Blacks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blacks 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 Blacks:
- 43.463781, -116.009273
- 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 Blacks
- 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 Ada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ada County
- Since Blacks is near Elmore County and also Boise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elmore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boise 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 Blacks
Communities Also Named Blacks ...
We found five communities that are also named Blacks.
Within Idaho, the name Blacks is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Adams County
- This Blacks is located in Adams County and lies 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<1> to the east of the Blacks that is located in Ada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Blacks.
- Maryland
- Kent 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 Maryland community of Blacks [Kent County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion 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 Blacks [Clarion County].
- Venango County
- This Blacks is located in Venango County and lies 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<1> to the east of the Blacks that is located in Ada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Blacks.
- South Carolina
- Saluda County
- This Blacks is located in Saluda County and lies 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km]<1> to the east of the Blacks that is located in Ada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saluda County community of Blacks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blacks ...
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.
- Barber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barber is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Cloverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Garden City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Neal ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Neal is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orchard is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Steamboat Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
- Twin Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Springs is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Ustick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ustick is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick
How Far From Blacks 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 Blacks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Blacks once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blacks and extending to:
- Boise, which is the Seat of Ada County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blacks to Boise, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,030 miles [3,267 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,693 miles [12,380.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,725 miles [9,213.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blacks) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Blacks 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> | 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 Blacks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Blacks 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 Blacks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4638, Longitude: -116.0093 In this case, the coordinates for Blacks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.44 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.836 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.036 degrees. |
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