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 Bladensburg:
40.284567, -82.282666
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 Bladensburg
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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Bladensburg.
Within Ohio, the name Bladensburg is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Iowa
Wapello County
This Bladensburg is located in Wapello County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the west of the Bladensburg that is located in Knox County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Bladensburg.
Maryland
Prince George's County
This Bladensburg is located in Prince George's County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bladensburg that is located in Knox County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Bladensburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bladensburg ...
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 & 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 Bladensburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bladensburg and extending to:
Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bladensburg to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bladensburg) 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.
<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 Bladensburg 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 Bladensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2846, Longitude: -82.2827
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.014 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.202 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.517 degrees.