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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 Blackman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackman and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blackman:
    • 35.875343, -86.498326
    • 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 Blackman
  • 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
    • Since Blackman is near Williamson County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Blackman

Communities Also Named Blackman ...

We found five communities that are also named Blackman.

Within Tennessee, the name Blackman is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Blackman is located in Chambers County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Blackman that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Blackman.
    • Florida
      • Okaloosa County
      • This Blackman is located in Okaloosa County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south of the Blackman that is located in Rutherford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okaloosa County community of Blackman.
      • Santa Rosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Blackman [Santa Rosa County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Blackman [Johnston County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Blackman [Luzerne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackman ...

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.

  • Colonial Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Colonial Village is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Cooks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cooks Corner is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
  • Creekside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Creekside is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Florence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Florence is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Foxland Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxland Forest is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxland Forest
  • Foxridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxridge is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
  • Georgetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Georgetown is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Glaze
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glaze is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Meadows is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Hickory Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Joneswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Joneswood is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joneswood
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Joywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Joywood is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joywood
    • Lamb
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lamb is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
    • Little Hope
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Hope is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
    • Marathon Trail
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Marathon Trail is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon Trail
    • Meadow Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Meadow Lane is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
    • Neal Circle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Neal Circle is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Circle
    • Overall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Overall is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
    • Quail Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Riverbend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Riverbend is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Royal Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Royal Court is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Court
    • Shadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadowbrook is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sunnyside is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Blackman 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 Blackman to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Blackman to Nashville, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,019 miles [8,077.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blackman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Blackman 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.
<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 Blackman 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 Blackman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8753, Longitude: -86.4983       In this case, the coordinates for Blackman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.61 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.538 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.637 degrees.