Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blakes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blakes
- 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 Blakes:
- 41.691186, -77.026355
- 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 Blakes
- 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Since Blakes is near Bradford County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Blakes ...
We found six communities that share the name Blakes.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Blakes.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- Maine
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Blakes ...
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.
- Cherry Flats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Flats
- Cherry Flats is located in Tioga County
- Covert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Dogtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Grover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hartsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsfield
- Hartsfield is located in Tioga County
- House Landing Strip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for House Landing Strip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Landing Strip
- House Landing Strip is located in Tioga County
- Kellytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Mainesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
- Paisley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Roaring Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Branch
- Roaring Branch is located in Lycoming County
- Union Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Tioga County
How Far From Blakes 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 Blakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blakes and extending to:
- Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blakes to Wellsboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the south (S). 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 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,371 miles [7,034.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blakes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.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 Blakes 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Blakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6912, Longitude: -77.0264 In this case, the coordinates for Blakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Blakes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.673 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.629 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.586 degrees. |