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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 Blakely, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blakely 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 Blakely:
- 41.481747, -75.596576
- 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 Blakely
- 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Since Blakely is near Wayne County and also Luzerne 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 Luzerne 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 Blakely
Communities Also Named Blakely ...
We found eight communities that are also named Blakely.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Blakely is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blakely [Mobile County].
- Arkansas
- Garland County
- This Blakely is located in Garland County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Blakely that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Blakely.
- Georgia
- Early County
- This Blakely is located in Early County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Blakely that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Blakely.
- Minnesota
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Blakely [Scott County].
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- This Blakely is located in Warren County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Blakely that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Blakely.
- Montana
- Blakely #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Blakely.
- New Brunswick
- This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Blakely.
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg County
- This Blakely is located in Williamsburg County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Blakely that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Blakely.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blakely ...
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.
- Dickson City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dunmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grassy Island is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Island
- Green Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Green Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Jessup
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marshwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshwood is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshwood
- Nebraska
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Olyphant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peckville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From Blakely 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 Blakely to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blakely and extending to:
- Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Blakely to Harrisburg, 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,317 miles [6,947.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Blakely 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blakely) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blakely 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 Blakely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4817, Longitude: -75.5966 In this case, the coordinates for Blakely have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.631 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.027 degrees. |
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