Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blackburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackburn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blackburn
- 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 Blackburn:
- 37.695602, -88.120311
- 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 Blackburn
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Blackburn is near Gallatin County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
- eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Blackburn ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Blackburn.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Blackburn.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Estill County
- Although located in Estill County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Blackburn.
- Estill County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Blackburn is located in Lauderdale County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south of the Blackburn that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Blackburn.
- Limestone County
- This Blackburn is located in Limestone County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the south southeast of the Blackburn that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Blackburn.
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Columbiana 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 Ohio community of Blackburn [Columbiana County].
- Hocking County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Blackburn [Hocking County].
- Morgan County
- This community is historic and although located in Morgan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Blackburn.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Blackburn lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Union County.
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- This Blackburn lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Union County.
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackburn ...
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.
- Caseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caseyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Caseyville is located in Union County
- Equality
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Equality is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Equality <5>
- Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Junction is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction <5>
- Lamb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Saline Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Saline Rocks Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saline Rocks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Rocks Ferry
- Saline Rocks Ferry is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Saline Tip Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saline Tip Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
- Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Sparks Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparks Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Spring Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Union County
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Blackburn 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 Blackburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackburn and extending to:
- Morganfield, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Blackburn to Morganfield, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,007 miles [8,058 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blackburn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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- Blackburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6956, Longitude: -88.1203 In this case, the coordinates for Blackburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Blackburn 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> | 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 Blackburn, 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 Blackburn 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 314.694 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.039 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.91 degrees. |