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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 Blevins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blevins 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 Blevins:
    • 36.232892, -82.155683
    • 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 Blevins
  • 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Blevins is near Unicoi County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Blevins

Communities Also Named Blevins ...

We found five communities that are also named Blevins.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Blevins.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hawkins 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 Tennessee community of Blevins [Hawkins County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead County
      • This Blevins is located in Hempstead County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<2> to the west of the Blevins that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Blevins.
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Blevins is located in Lawrence County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Blevins that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Blevins.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Blevins [Ashe County].
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Blevins is located in Falls County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Blevins that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Blevins.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blevins ...

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.

  • Backwoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Backwoods is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backwoods
  • Bear Stand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Stand is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
  • Bitter End
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bitter End is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
  • Charity Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Charity Hill is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
  • Cove Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cove Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Crabtree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crabtree is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Dogtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dogtown is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Gap Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gap Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Creek
  • Gap Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gap Run is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
  • Heaton Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
  • Limestone Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Plato
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plato is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
    • Powder Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Powder Branch is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
    • Shell Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Creek is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
    • Sugar Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
    • Three Mountains
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Three Mountains is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
    • Tiger Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tiger Valley is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Valley

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

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

  • Elizabethton, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Blevins to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Blevins 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blevins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Blevins 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 Blevins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2329, Longitude: -82.1557       In this case, the coordinates for Blevins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.993 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.582 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.733 degrees.