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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blevins
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Unicoi County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blevins ...
We found five communities that share the name Blevins.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Blevins.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- North Carolina
- Texas
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) - Bear Stand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Stand have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Stand
- Bear Stand is located in Carter County
- Bitter End
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter End have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter End
- Bitter End is located in Carter County
- Charity Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charity Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Hill
- Charity Hill is located in Carter County
- Cove Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Cove Creek is located in Carter County
- Crabtree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Dogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Gap Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Gap Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Heaton Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaton Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek
- Heaton Creek is located in Carter County
- Limestone Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Carter County
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- Plato
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Powder Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Branch
- Powder Branch is located in Carter County
- Shell Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Shell Creek is located in Carter County
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
- Sugar Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hollow
- Sugar Hollow is located in Carter County
- Three Mountains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Mountains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mountains
- Three Mountains is located in Carter County
- Tiger Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiger Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Valley
- Tiger Valley is located in Carter County
- Plato
How Far From Blevins to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blevins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blevins) to Point B.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). |
| <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 Blevins 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 310.993 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.582 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.733 degrees. |