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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 Blandville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blandville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blandville:
    • 36.943847, -88.964932
    • 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 Blandville
  • 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 Ballard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard County
    • Since Blandville is near Carlisle County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 Blandville

Communities Also Named Blandville ...

We found one communities that are also named Blandville.

Within Kentucky, the name Blandville is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Blandville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge County
      • This Blandville is located in Doddridge County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blandville that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Blandville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blandville ...

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.

  • Cairo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <2>
  • Columbus
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Fancy Farm
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
  • Future City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Future City is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
  • Gage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gage is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Kansas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Kansas is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Lovelaceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
  • Magee Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
  • Mound City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oscar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Oscar is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Pottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pottsville is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
  • Wheel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheel is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel

How Far From Blandville 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 Blandville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blandville and extending to:

  • Wickliffe, which is the Seat of Ballard County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Blandville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blandville) 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 Blandville 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 Blandville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9438, Longitude: -88.9649       In this case, the coordinates for Blandville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.203 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.522 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.465 degrees.