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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 Blackberry Inn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackberry Inn and the surrounding area.
- 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 Blackberry Inn:
- 35.702336, -82.429570
- 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 Blackberry Inn
- 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 Buncombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
- Since Blackberry Inn is near Madison County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Blackberry Inn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackberry Inn ...
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.
- Beech
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Democrat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Flat Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Grovestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grovestone is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovestone
- Happy Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Paint Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Fork is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rattlesnake Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rattlesnake Lodge is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Lodge
- Riceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Rockview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Rolling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Green is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
- Summerhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerhaven is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
- Walkertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Weaverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Blackberry Inn 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 Blackberry Inn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blackberry Inn and extending to:
- Asheville, which is the Seat of Buncombe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blackberry Inn to Asheville, 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east (E). 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 369 miles [593.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blackberry Inn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blackberry Inn 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 Blackberry Inn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7023, Longitude: -82.4296 In this case, the coordinates for Blackberry Inn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.996 degrees. |
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