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:
- 39.542564, -82.638220
- 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 Hocking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Since Blackburn is near Fairfield County and also Ross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- eBird sighting report for Ross 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.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Blackburn.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Columbiana County
- Morgan County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Blackburn is located in Lauderdale County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Blackburn that is located in Hocking 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 408 miles [656.6 km] to the southwest of the Blackburn that is located in Hocking 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 322 miles [518.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Blackburn that is located in Hocking County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Blackburn.
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Blackburn lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Hocking County.
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- This Blackburn lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Blackburn that is located in Hocking 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.
- Amanda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
- Amanda is located in Fairfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amanda <4>
- Blackjack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Hocking County
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Hocking County
- Horns Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horns Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Mill
- Horns Mill is located in Fairfield County
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Mound Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Crossing
- Mound Crossing is located in Hocking County
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Revenge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Rockbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Rockbridge is located in Hocking County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockbridge <4>
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Stringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Pickaway County
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Fairfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Grove <4>
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 community such as Blackburn 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 community of Blackburn once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackburn and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Hocking County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Blackburn to Logan, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 302 miles [486 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hocking County: www.co.hocking.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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. |
| <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 Blackburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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: 39.5426, Longitude: -82.6382 In this case, the coordinates for Blackburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 311.255 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.367 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.923 degrees. |