Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blanchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanchard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for 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 Blanchard:
- 40.107427, -82.485730
- 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 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 Licking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Licking County
- Since Blanchard is near Franklin County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Blanchard ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Blanchard.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Blanchard.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Blanchard is located in Allegheny County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blanchard that is located in Licking County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Blanchard.
- Centre County
- This Blanchard is located in Centre County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east northeast of the Blanchard that is located in Licking County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Blanchard.
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.
- Fleatown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Hebron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Licking County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,497 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <5>
- Highwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Lloyd Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloyd Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Corners
- Lloyd Corners is located in Licking County
- Locust Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Licking County
- Outville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Sandstone Canyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandstone Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Canyon
- Sandstone Canyon is located in Licking County
- Swans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Union Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welsh Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Hills
- Welsh Hills is located in Licking County
- Welsh Hills has also been known as:
- Welsh Hills Settlement
How Far From 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 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 community of Blanchard once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanchard and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Licking County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Blanchard to Columbus, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 302 miles [486 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Licking County: www.lcounty.com/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blanchard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blanchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1074, Longitude: -82.4857 |
| <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 Blanchard, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Blanchard 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blanchard 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 311.146 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.326 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.669 degrees. |