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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 Blake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blake 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 Blake:
    • 41.046999, -81.815135
    • 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 Blake
  • 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 Medina County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
    • Since Blake is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Blake

Communities Also Named Blake ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Blake.

Within Ohio, the name Blake is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Blake is located in DeKalb County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Blake.
      • Randolph County
      • This Blake is located in Randolph County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km] to the south southwest of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Blake.
    • British Columbia
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Blake.
    • Florida
      • Volusia County
      • This Blake is located in Volusia County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the south of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Blake.
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater County
      • This Blake is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Blake.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Blake is located in Montgomery County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Blake.
    • Kentucky
      • Owsley County
      • This Blake is located in Owsley County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owsley County community of Blake.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Blake is located in Cecil County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Blake.
    • Michigan
      • Benzie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Blake [Benzie County].
    • Missouri
      • Daviess County
      • This Blake is located in Daviess County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Blake.
    • Ontario
      • This Blake lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
    • South Carolina
      • Colleton County
      • This Blake is located in Colleton County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the south of the Blake that is located in Medina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Blake.
    • Utah
      • Emery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Blake [Emery County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Blake [Mercer County].
      • Wetzel County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Blake [Wetzel County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blake ...

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.

  • Acme
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Acme is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
  • Chamberlain ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chamberlain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
  • Clark Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Clark Corners is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
  • Friendsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Friendsville is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
  • Pigeon Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pigeon Creek is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Creek
  • Poe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Poe is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Stoney Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoney Hill is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
  • Weavers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Weavers is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers
  • Windfall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Windfall is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

How Far From Blake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blake and extending to:

  • Medina, which is the Seat of Medina County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Blake to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,999 miles [9,654.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Blake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Blake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Blake 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.
<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 Blake 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 Blake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0470, Longitude: -81.8151       In this case, the coordinates for Blake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.693 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.951 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.041 degrees.