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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 Blythe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blythe 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 Blythe:
    • 36.676449, -85.548858
    • 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 Blythe
  • 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Blythe is near Cumberland County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Blythe

Communities Also Named Blythe ...

We found four communities that are also named Blythe.

Within Kentucky, the name Blythe is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Blythe is located in Riverside County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the west of the Blythe that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Blythe.
    • Georgia
      • Richmond County
      • This Blythe is located in Richmond County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Blythe that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Blythe.
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto 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 Mississippi community of Blythe [DeSoto County].
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Blythe is located in Cascade County and lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blythe that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Blythe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blythe ...

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.

  • Cave Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cave Springs is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
  • Cherry Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Crossroads is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Crossroads
  • Free Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Free Hill is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
  • Grandview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Grandview is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Kettle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Kettle is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
  • Leslie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leslie is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Marrowbone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
  • Martinsburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Oak Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pea Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Persimmon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Persimmon is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
  • Richville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Richville is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Rockbridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockbridge is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
  • Union Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Blythe to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blythe to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tompkinsville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Blythe to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 488 miles [785.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,068 miles [11,374.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,943 miles [7,955 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blythe) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Blythe 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 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 Blythe 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 Blythe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6764, Longitude: -85.5489       In this case, the coordinates for Blythe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.051 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.008 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.032 degrees.