Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blaine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blaine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blaine
- 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 Blaine:
- 40.402692, -85.056852
- 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 Blaine
- 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 Jay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jay County
- Since Blaine is near Randolph County and also Blackford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Blackford 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 Blaine ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Blaine.
Within Indiana, the name Blaine is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Camas County
- This Blaine is located in Camas County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blaine that is located in Jay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Blaine.
- Latah County
- This Blaine is located in Latah County and lies 1,641 miles [2,640.9 km] to the west northwest of the Blaine that is located in Jay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Blaine.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Benton 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 Missouri community of Blaine [Benton County].
- Vernon County
- This Blaine is located in Vernon County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Blaine that is located in Jay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Blaine.
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Blaine.
- White Pine County
- This community is historic and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Blaine.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Curry 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 Oregon community of Blaine [Curry County].
- Tillamook County
- This Blaine is located in Tillamook County and lies 1,966 miles [3,164 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blaine that is located in Jay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Blaine.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blaine ...
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.
- Boundary City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Boundary City
- From Blaine to Boundary City
- Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - College Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner
- College Corner is located in Jay County
- Converse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Greene
- From Blaine to Greene
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jay County
- Pony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pony
- From Blaine to Pony
- Powers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Redkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redkey
- Redkey is located in Jay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redkey <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Redkey
- From Blaine to Redkey
- Ridertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ridertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridertown
- Ridertown is located in Blackford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ridertown
- From Blaine to Ridertown
How Far From Blaine 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 community such as Blaine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blaine and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Jay County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Blaine to Indianapolis, with an average speed<7>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 4 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 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blaine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jay County: www.co.jay.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.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 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 Blaine 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blaine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blaine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4027, Longitude: -85.0569 |
| <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 Blaine, 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Blaine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.768 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.218 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.764 degrees. |