Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Blankston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blankston and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Blankston

• 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 Blankston:
  • 32.242097, -92.132359
  • 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 Blankston

• 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Caldwell Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell Parish
  • Since Blankston is near Ouachita Parish and also Jackson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish

• 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 Blankston

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blankston ...

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.

• Corey
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Corey is located in Caldwell Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
• Cuba
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Cypress
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cypress is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
• Hebert
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebert is located in Caldwell Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert
• Logtown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Logtown is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
• Luna
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Luna is located in Ouachita Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
• Mount Pleasant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Roberts Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Roberts Ferry is located in Caldwell Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Ferry
• Vixen
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Blankston and extending to:

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Caldwell Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blankston to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 962 miles [1,548.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,551 miles [12,152.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,426 miles [8,732.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'