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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 Blue Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Bank 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 Blue Bank:
- 36.351732, -89.425074
- 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 Blue Bank
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Blue Bank is near Obion County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Obion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Blue Bank
Communities Also Named Blue Bank ...
We found one communities that are also named Blue Bank.
Within Tennessee, the name Blue Bank is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Blue Bank in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Estill 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 Kentucky community of Blue Bank [Estill County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Bank ...
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.
- Cat Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cat Corner is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Edgewater Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Grays Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Camp is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Camp
- Hornbeak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Drive
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Drive is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive
- Linda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linda is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
- Mooring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooring is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring
- Owl City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Spout Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spout Springs is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Sunkist Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
How Far From Blue Bank 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 Blue Bank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Blue Bank and extending to:
- Tiptonville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Bank to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Blue Bank 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Blue Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blue Bank 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 Blue Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3517, Longitude: -89.4251 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.466 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.745 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.80 degrees. |
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