Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 South Blanchard:
  • 40.577773, -95.221647
  • 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 South Blanchard

• 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 Atchison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison County
  • Since South Blanchard is near Page County and also Nodaway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nodaway 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 South Blanchard

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Blanchard ...

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.

• Coin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Coin is located in Page County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
• College Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
• Dawsonville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dawsonville is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
• Elmo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmo is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
• Farmers City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Farmers City is located in Atchison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
• High Creek
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • High Creek is located in Fremont County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
• London ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • London is located in Atchison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Page Center
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Page Center is located in Page County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
• Possum Walk
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Possum Walk is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Walk
• Roseberry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Roseberry is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry

How Far From South Blanchard 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 South Blanchard 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<1> community of South Blanchard once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Blanchard and extending to:

• Rock Port, which is the Seat of Atchison County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Blanchard to Rock Port, with an average speed<3> 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 6 hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'