Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blossom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blossom and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blossom
- 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 Blossom:
- 36.460175, -82.750392
- 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 Blossom
- 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 Hawkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- Since Blossom is near Sullivan County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Blossom ...
We found seven communities that share the name Blossom.
Within Tennessee, the name Blossom is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- New York
- South Carolina
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blossom ...
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.
- Block City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Block City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimneytop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Christian Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Bend
- Christian Bend is located in Hawkins County
- Cold Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cold Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Branch
- Fall Branch is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,291 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fall Branch <5>
- Green Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Greenland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Harbour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Honeycutt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Horse Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Horse Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Longs Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longs Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bend
- Longs Bend is located in Hawkins County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lovelace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Lyons Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Store
- Lyons Store is located in Hawkins County
- Mole
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Solitude ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Stacy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Zion Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lovelace
How Far From Blossom to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blossom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blossom and extending to:
- Rogersville, which is the Seat of Hawkins County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blossom to Rogersville, with an average speed<7> 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,245 miles [10,050.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blossom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blossom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blossom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4602, Longitude: -82.7504 In this case, the coordinates for Blossom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Blossom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Blossom 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Blossom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.348 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.023 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.911 degrees. |