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 Blackwell:
38.045151, -90.624399
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 Blackwell
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 Saint Francois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found sixteen communities that are also named Blackwell.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Blackwell.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Missouri ...
Macon County
Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blackwell.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blackwell [Madison County].
Arkansas
Conway County
This Blackwell is located in Conway County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Blackwell.
Georgia
Cobb County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Blackwell [Cobb County].
Jasper County
This Blackwell is located in Jasper County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Blackwell.
Idaho
Kootenai County
This Blackwell is located in Kootenai County and lies 1,473 miles [2,370.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Blackwell.
Kentucky
Henry County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Blackwell [Henry County].
Maine
Somerset County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Blackwell [Somerset County].
North Carolina
Caswell County
This Blackwell is located in Caswell County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<2> to the east of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Blackwell.
Oklahoma
Kay County
This Blackwell is located in Kay County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the west of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Blackwell.
Ontario
This Blackwell lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
Pennsylvania
Tioga County
This Blackwell is located in Tioga County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Blackwell.
Tennessee
Grainger County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Blackwell [Grainger County].
Texas
Nolan County
This Blackwell is located in Nolan County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Blackwell.
Virginia
Washington County
This Blackwell is located in Washington County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the east of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blackwell.
Wisconsin
Forest County
This Blackwell is located in Forest County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the north of the Blackwell that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Blackwell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackwell ...
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.
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 Blackwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackwell and extending to:
Farmington, which is the Seat of Saint Francois County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blackwell to Farmington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Blackwell 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Blackwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Blackwell 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 Blackwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0452, Longitude: -90.6244
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.327 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.968 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.979 degrees.