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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 Blanche, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanche 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 Blanche:
    • 35.043140, -86.754444
    • 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 Blanche
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Blanche is near Madison County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Blanche

Communities Also Named Blanche ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Blanche.

Within Tennessee, the name Blanche is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Blanche is located in Cherokee County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Blanche.
    • Kansas
      • Elk 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 Kansas community of Blanche [Elk County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • This Blanche is located in Bell County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Blanche.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Blanche is located in Rapides Parish and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Blanche.
    • Mississippi
      • Yalobusha 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 Mississippi community of Blanche [Yalobusha County].
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • This Blanche is located in Douglas County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Blanche.
    • Nebraska
      • Chase County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Blanche [Chase County].
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell 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 Blanche [Caswell County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Blanche lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Ontario
      • This Blanche lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the north of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Quebec
      • This Blanche lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blanche that is located in Lincoln County.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 South Carolina community of Blanche [Horry County].
    • West Virginia
      • Hancock 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 West Virginia community of Blanche [Hancock County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanche ...

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.

  • Bobo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bobo is located in Madison County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
  • Cash Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
  • Cedar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Coldwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Elkwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
  • Maple Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Maple Hill is located in Madison County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Marys Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Marys Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Grove
  • Pearl City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Ready Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ready Crossing is located in Madison County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ready Crossing

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blanche to Fayetteville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanche) 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 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 Blanche 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>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 Blanche, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Blanche 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 Blanche. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0431, Longitude: -86.7544       In this case, the coordinates for Blanche have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.731 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.562 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.94 degrees.