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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 Blairtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blairtown 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 Blairtown:
    • 38.756226, -75.900214
    • 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 Blairtown
  • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Blairtown is near Talbot County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Blairtown

Communities Also Named Blairtown ...

We found two communities that are also named Blairtown.

Within Maryland, the name Blairtown is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Blairtown is located in Greene County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blairtown that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Blairtown.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Blairtown is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,758 miles [2,829.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blairtown that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Blairtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blairtown ...

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.

  • American Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • American Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
  • Bureau
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bureau is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau
  • Choptank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Choptank is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
  • Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grove is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
  • Harmony
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harmony is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • High Banks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • High Banks is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Banks
  • Jonestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jonestown is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Kitty Corner Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kitty Corner Park is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Corner Park
  • Potters Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Potters Landing is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Landing
  • Providence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Providence is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Providence Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Providence Landing is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Landing
  • Williams Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams Heights is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
  • Wings Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wings Landing is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings Landing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Blairtown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blairtown and extending to:

  • Denton, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blairtown to Denton, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blairtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Blairtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Blairtown 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 Blairtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7562, Longitude: -75.9002       In this case, the coordinates for Blairtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.233 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.67 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.296 degrees.