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:
- 39.104736, -93.485518
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Blackburn is near Lafayette County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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.
Within Missouri, the name Blackburn is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Blackburn is located in Lauderdale County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Blackburn that is located in Saline 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 463 miles [745.1 km] to the southeast of the Blackburn that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Blackburn.
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kansas
- 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.
- Union County
- This Blackburn is located in Union County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blackburn that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Blackburn.
- Louisiana
- 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 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Saline County.
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- This Blackburn lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Saline 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.
- Cuba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Emma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Emma is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emma <5>
- Grand Pass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Hodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Little Osage Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Osage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
- Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
- Malta Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malta Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Bend
- Malta Bend is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malta Bend <5>
- Mount Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Salt Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Sweet Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Springs
- Sweet Springs is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,415 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Springs <5>
How Far From Blackburn 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 city 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:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Blackburn to Marshall, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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- 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: 39.1047, Longitude: -93.4855 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> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.287 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.371 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.123 degrees. |